Heliaster

Heliaster helianthus

Heliaster helianthus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Forcipulatida
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: Forcipulatida

Familia: Heliasteridae
Genus: Heliaster
Species: H. helianthus – H. kubinijii – H. microbrachius – H. multiradiata

Name

Heliaster Gray, 1840

Type species: Asterias helianthus Lamarck, 1816, by subsequent designation.

Synonymy

• Heliaster Gray, 1840: 179; — Sladen, 1889: 555–556.

References

• Gray, J.E. 1840. XXII. A synopsis of the genera and species of the class Hypostoma (Asterias, Linnaeus). Annals and magazine of natural history 6(36): 175–184. DOI: 10.1080/03745484009443282 . 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.