Perissasterias

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Forcipulatida
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: Forcipulatida

Familia: Asteriidae
Genus: Perissasterias
Species: P. heptactis – P. monocantha – P. obtusispina – P. polyacantha

Name

Perissasterias H.L. Clark, 1923

• Type species: Perissasterias polyacantha H.L. Clark, 1923, by monotypy.

Synonyms

• Perissasterias H.L. Clark, 1923: 307; — Fisher, 1930: 238; — McKnight, 2006: 59–60

References

• Clark, H.L. 1923. The Echinoderm fauna of South Africa. Annals of the South African Museum. 13(7): 221-435, pls VIII-XXIII. BHL Reference page. 
• Fisher, W.K. 1930. Asteroidea of the North Pacific and adjacent waters. Part 3: Forcipulata (Concluded). Bulletin of the United States National Museum 76(3): 1-356. DOI: 10.5479/si.03629236.76.3 BHL Reference page. 
• 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.