Pentagonasterinae

Pentagonaster pulchellus

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: Pentagonasterinae
Genera: Akelbaster – Anchitosia – Eknomiaster – Pawsonaster – Pentagonaster – Ryukuaster – Toraster – Tosia

Name

Pentagonasterinae Perrier, 1884

Type genus: Pentagonaster Gray, 1840

Synonymy

• Pentagonasteridae Perrier, 1884: 231; — Sladen, 1889: 260–264.
  • Original rank as a family of Valvatida
• Pentagonasterinae Perrier, 1884; — Mah, 2007: 314–315.

References

• Mah, C. 2007. Systematics, phylogeny and historical biogeography of the Pentagonaster clade (Asteroidea: Valvatida: Goniasteridae). Invertebrate systematics 21(4): 311–339. DOI: 10.1071/IS06049 Reference page. 
• Perrier, E. 1884. Mémoire sur les étoiles de mer recueillies dans la mer des Antilles et le golfe du Mexique durant les expéditions de dragage faites sous la direction de M. Alexandre Agassiz. Nouvelles Archives du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle. ser. 2. 6: 127-276, pls I-X. 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.