Hippasteria

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
Subfamilia: Hippasterinae
Genus: Hippasteria
Species (10): †H. antiqua – H. californica – H. capstonei – H. falklandica – H. heathi – H. imperialis – H. leiopelta – H. lepidonotus – H. mcknighti – H. muscipula – H. nozawai – H. phrygiana – H. tiburoni

Name

Hippasteria Gray, 1840

Type species: Hippasteria phrygiana (Parelius, 1768)

Synonymy

Hippasteria Gray, 1840: 279; — Sladen, 1889: 341; — Fisher, 1905: 308–309; — Fisher, 1911: 223–224; — Fisher, 1940: 125; — H.E.S. Clark & McKnight, 2001: 54; — Mah, Nizinski & Lundsten, 2010: 284–285; — Clark & Jewett, 2011: 49, 53; — Mah, 2011: 26–27; — Mah et al., 2014: 425–426; — Mah, 2016: 116–117; — Mah, 2022: 49; — Mah, 2024a: 28.
Cryptopeltaster Fisher, 1905: 311; — Fisher, 1911: 237; — Mah, Nizinski & Lundsten, 2010: 276.
- Type species: Cryptopeltaster lepidonotus Fisher, 1905, by original designation.
- Synonymised by Mah et al. (2014: 425).

References

Clark, H.E.S. & McKnight, D.G. 2001. The Marine Fauna of New Zealand: Echinodermata: Asteroidea (sea-stars) order Valvatida. NIWA biodiversity memoir. 117: 1–269. PDF Reference page.
Clark, R.N. & Jewett, S.C. 2011. A new sea star of the genus Hippasteria (Asteroidea: Goniasteridae) from the Aleutian Islands. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2963.1.2 Reference page.
Fisher, W.K. 1905. New starfishes from deep water off California and Alaska. Bulletin of the United States Bureau of Fisheries. 24: 293–320. 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.
Fisher, W.K. 1940. Asteroidea. Discovery Reports. 20: 69–306. BHL Reference page.
Gray, J.E. 1840. XXXII. A synopsis of the genera and species of the class Hypostoma (Asterias, Linnaeus) (Continued from p. 184.) Annals and magazine of natural history 6(37): 275–290. DOI: 10.1080/03745484009443296 BHL Reference page.
Mah, C.L. 2011. Taxonomy of high-latitude Goniasteridae (Subantarctic & Antarctic): one new genus, and three new species with an overview and key to taxa. Zootaxa 2759: 1–48. Preview DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2759.1.1 Reference page.
Mah, C.L. 2016. Deep-sea (>1000 m) Goniasteridae (Valvatida; Asteroidea) from the North Pacific, including an overview of Sibogaster, Bathyceramaster n. gen. and three new species. Zootaxa 4175(2): 101–141. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4175.2.1. Reference page.
Mah, C.L 2022. New Genera, Species and Occurrences of Deep-Sea Asteroidea (Valvatacea, Forcipulatacea, Echinodermata) collected from the North Pacific Ocean by the CAPSTONE Expedition. Zootaxa. 5164(1): 1–75. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5164.1.1 Reference page.
Mah, C.L. 2024a. New Goniasteridae and in situ observations significant to deep-sea coral predation. Memoirs of Museum Victoria. 83: 1–35. DOI: 10.24199/j.mmv.2024.83.01 . Reference page.
Mah, C.L., Nizinski, M., Lundsten, L. 2010. Phylogenetic revision of the Hippasterinae (Goniasteridae; Asteroidea): systematics of deep sea corallivores, including one new genus and three new species. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 160(2): 266–301. DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2010.00703.x Reference page.
Mah, C.L., Neill K., Eléaume, M., Foltz, F.W. 2014. New species and global revision of Hippasteria (Hippasterinae: Goniasteridae; Asteroidea; Echinodermata). Zoological journal of the Linnean Society 171(2): 422–456. DOI: 10.1111/zoj.12131 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.