Goniaster

Goniaster

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Granulosina
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: Valvatida Subordo: Granulosina

Familia: Goniasteridae
Genus: Goniaster
Species: †G. mulleri – †G. scrobiculatus – G. tessellatus

Name

Goniaster Agassiz, 1836

Type species: Asterias tessellata Lamarck, 1816

Synonymy

• Astrogonium Müller & Troschel, 1842
• †Goniaster (Astrogonium) Müller & Troschel, 1842
• Phaneraster Perrier, 1894

References

Primary references

• Agassiz, J.L.R. 1836. Prodrome d'une Monographie des Radiaires ou Echinodermes. Mémoires de la Société des Sciences Naturelles de Neuchâtel. 1[1835]: 168-199. BHL. Reference page.  [original description of Goniaster p. 191]

Additional references

• Halpern, J.A. 1970. Biological Investigations of the deep sea. 51. Goniasteridae (Echinodermata: Asteroidea) of the Straits of Florida. Bulletin of Marine Science. 20(1): 193–286. Online Reference page.  [as Goniaster p. 256]