Dytaster

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Paxillosida
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Echinodermata Subphylum: Eleutherozoa Superclassis: Asterozoa Classis: Asteroidea Ordo: Paxillosida

Familia: Astropectinidae
Genus: Dytaster
Species: D. aequivocus – D. agassizi – D. cherbonnieri – D. evaulus – D. exilis – D. felix – D. felli – D. gilberti – D. grandis – D. inermis – D. insignis – D. intermedius – D. mollis – D. nobilis – D. pedicellaris – D. rigidus – D. semispinosus – D. spinosus – D. spinulosus

Name

Dytaster Sladen, 1889

Type species: Dytaster nobilis Sladen, 1889, by subsequent designation by Fisher (1911: 101).

Note: named and briefly described in 1885 but without species named.

Synonymy

• Dytaster Sladen, 1885: 608; 1889: 60–62; — Fisher, 1908: 88; 1911: 101; — Downey, 1973: 35.
• Crenaster Perrier, 1885: 71; — Fisher, 1908: 88.
  • Type species: Crenaster mollis Perrier, 1885
  • Junior homonym of Crenaster d'Orbigny, 1850
  • Synonymised by Fisher (1908: 88).

References

• Downey, M.E. 1973. Starfishes from the Caribbean and the Gulf of Mexico. Smithsonian contributions to Zoology 126: 1–158. DOI: 10.5479/si.00810282.126 Reference page. 
• Fisher, W.K., 1908. Necessary changes in the nomenclature of starfishes. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. 52: 87–93. BHL Reference page. 
• Fisher, W.K. 1911. Asteroidea of the North Pacific and adjacent waters. Part 1. Phanerozonia and Spinulosida. Bulletin of the United States National Museum. 76(1): xiii+420 pp.; 122 pls. BHL Reference page. 
• Perrier, E. 1885b. Première note préliminaire sur les Échinodermes recueillis durant les campagnes de dragages sous-marins du Travailleur et du Talisman. Annales des sciences naturelles. Zoologie. Serie 6. 19(8): 1-72. BHL Reference page. 
• Sladen, P. 1885. The Asteroidea. Report on the scientific results of the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-76 under the command of Captain George S. Nares, R.N., F.R.S., and the late Captain Frank Tourle Thomson, R.N. Narrative 1(2): 607-617. BHL Reference page. 
• Sladen, W.P. 1889. Report on the Asteroidea. Report on the scientific results of the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-76 Part 51, Zoology 30: i–xlii, 1–893. BHL Reference page.