Nearchaster

Taxonavigation

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: Notomyotida
Familia: Benthopectinidae
Genus: Nearchaster
Species: N. aciculosis - N. pedicellaris - N. variabilis

Name

• Nearchaster Fisher, 1911

Synonymy

• Saraster A.H. Clark, 1916
  • Type species: Saraster insignis A.H. Clark, 1916 (by original designation)

References

• Clark, A.H. 1916. Six new starfishes from the Gulf of California and adjacent waters. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 29: 51–62. BHL Reference page.  [original description of Saraster p. 54]
• 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.  [as Nearchaster p. 132–133]
• Gale, A.S., Jagt, J.W.M. 2021. The fossil record of the family Benthopectinidae (Echinodermata, Asteroidea), a reappraisal. European Journal of Taxonomy. 755(1): 149–190. DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2021.755.1405 Reference page.  [as Nearchaster p. 160]