Leilaster

Leilaster radians

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: Leilasteridae
Genus: Leilaster
Species: L. radians – L. spinulosus

Name

Leilaster A.H. Clark, 1938

• Type species: Korethraster radians Perrier, 1881, by original designation.

References

• Clark, A.H. 1938. A new genus of starfishes from Puerto Rico. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. 91(29): 1–7. BHL. Reference page.  [as Leilaster p. 1–2 (original description)]
• McKnight, D.G. 2006. The marine fauna of New Zealand: Asteroidea (sea-stars). 3. Orders Velatida, Spinulosida, Forcipulatida, Brisingida with addenda to Paxillosida, Valvatida. NIWA biodiversity memoir. 120: 1–187. PDF Reference page.  [as Leilaster p. 38]