Psilaster

Psilaster andromeda

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Paxillosida
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: Paxillosida

Familia: Astropectinidae
Genus: Psilaster
Species: P. acuminatus – P. agassizi – P. andromeda – P. armatus – P. attenuatus – P. cassiope – P. charcoti – P. gotoi – P. herwigi – P. pectinatus – P. robustus – P. sladeni

Name

Psilaster Sladen, 1885

Type species: Astropecten andromeda Müller & Troschel, 1842, by monotypy.

Synonymy

• Psilaster Sladen, 1885: 611; 1889: 221–223; — Fisher, 1911: 71–72; 1940: 92–93; — Downey, 1973: 31.
• Ripaster Koehler, 1906: 4.
  • Type species: Ripaster charcoti Koehler, 1906, by monotypy.
  • Synonymised by Fisher (1940: 92).
• Phidiaster Koehler, 1909: 28–29.
  • Type species: Phidiaster agassizi Koehler, 1909, by monotypy.
  • Synonymised by Fisher (1911: 71).

References

• Downey, M.E. 1973. Starfishes from the Caribbean and the Gulf of Mexico. Smithsonian contributions to Zoology 126: 1–158. DOI: 10.5479/si.00810282.126 Reference page. 
• 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. 
• Fisher, W.K. 1940. Asteroidea. Discovery Reports. 20: 69–306. BHL Reference page. 
• Koehler, J.B.F.R. 1906. Échinodermes (Stéllérides, Ophiures et Échinides). Expédition antarctique française (1903-1905) : commandée par le dr. Jean Charcot. Sciences naturelles : documents scientifiques. 1–41. BHL Reference page. 
• Koehler, J.B.F.R. 1909a. Astéries recueillies par l'Investigator dans l'océan Indien. I. Les Asteries de Mer Profonde. Echinoderma of the Indian Museum ... . Collected by the Royal Indian Marine Survey ship Investigator. 5: 1–143. BHL Reference page. 
• Sladen, P. 1885. The Asteroidea. Report on the scientific results of the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-76 under the command of Captain George S. Nares, R.N., F.R.S., and the late Captain Frank Tourle Thomson, R.N. Narrative 1(2): 607-617. 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.