Cosmasterias

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: Stichasteridae
Genus: Cosmasterias
Species: C. dyscrita – C. felipes – C. lurida

Name

Cosmasterias Sladen, 1889

Type species: Asteracanthion sulcifer Valenciennes in Perrier, 1869

Synonymy

Asterias (Cosmasterias) Sladen, 1889: 576; — Perrier, 1891: 159.
Quadraster Perrier, 1896: 27.
- Type species: Stichaster felipes Sladen, 1889, by original designation.
- Synonymised by Fisher (1923: 596).
Cosmasterias Sladen, 1889; — Fisher, 1923: 596; 1930: 227; 1940: 262–263; — Fell, 1960: 66; — McKnight, 2006: 59.

References

Fell, H.B. 1960. Biological results of the Chatham Islands 1954 Expedition. Part 2. Archibenthal and littoral echinoderms. New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir. 5: 1–31. PDF Reference page.
Fisher, W.K. 1923b. LXII.—A preliminary synopsis of the Asteriidæ, a family of sea-stars (concluded). Annals and Magazine of Natural History: Series 9 12(71): 595-607. DOI: 10.1080/00222932308632982 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.
Fisher, W.K. 1940. Asteroidea. Discovery Reports. 20: 69–306. 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.
Perrier, E. 1891. Échinodermes, I. - Stellérides. Mission scientifique du cap Horn, 1882-1883. 6(3): 1–198. BHL Reference page.
Perrier, E. 1896. Contribution à l'étude des stellérides de l'Atlantique Nord (Golfe de Gascogne, Açores, Terre-Neuve). Résultats des campagnes scientifiques accomplies sur son yacht par Albert Ier, prince souverain de Monaco. 11: 1–57. 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.