Paralophaster

Paralophaster godfroyi

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: Solasteridae
Genus: Paralophaster
Species: P. antarcticus – P. godfroyi – P. gomo – P. hyalinus – P. incertus – P. lorioli

Name

• Paralophaster Fisher, 1940
  • Type species: Solaster godfroyi Koehler, 1912 (by original designation)

Synonymy

• Myoraster Fisher, 1940
  • Type species: Lophaster antarcticus Koehler, 1912 (by original designation)

References

• Clark, A.M. 1962. Asteroidea. Reports. B.A.N.Z. Antarctic Research Expedition, 1929-1931. Series B (Zoology and botany). 9: 1–104. PDF Reference page.  [p. 52 as Paralophaster]
• Fisher, W.K. 1940. Asteroidea. Discovery Reports. 20: 69–306. BHL Reference page.  [original description of Paralophaster p. 175–176] [original description of Myoraster p. 181]
• Mah, C.L. & Fujita, T. 2020. New species and occurrence records of Japanese Solasteridae and Ganeriidae including a new species of Paralophaster from the North Pacific with an overview of Hyalinothrix. Zootaxa. 4750(1): 67–100. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4750.1.4 Reference page.  [as Paralophaster p. 75]
• 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 Paralophaster p. 10]