Culcita (Oreasteridae)

Culcita novaeguineae

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Valvatida
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

Familia: Oreasteridae
Genus: Culcita
Species: C. coriacea – C. novaeguineae – C. schmideliana

Name

Culcita Agassiz, 1836

Synonymy

• Goniodiscus Müller & Troschel, 1842
• Goniodiscides Fisher, 1906

• Type species: Goniodiscus sebae Müller & Troschel, 1842 (by original designation)

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 Culcita p. 192]
• Ely, C.A. 1942. Shallow water Asteroidea and Ophiuroidea of Hawaii. Bernice P. Bishop Museum Bulletin. 176: 1–63. Hathitrust. Reference page.  [as Culcita p. 15]
• Fisher, W.K. 1906. The Starfishes of the Hawaiian Islands. Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission. 23(3): 987–1130. BHL Reference page.  [original description of Goniodiscus p. 57]
• Gray, J.E. 1847. Descriptions of some new genera and species of Asteriadae. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 12: 72–83. BHL Reference page.  [as Culcita p. 74]
• Müller, J.P. & Troschel, F.H. 1842. System der Asteriden. Braunschweig, Friedrich Vieweg und Sohn. xxx+134 pp. 12 pls. BHL Reference page.  [original description of Goniodiscides p. 1070]
• 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.  [as Culcita p. 351–352]

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