Rhipidaster

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: Rhipidaster
Species: R. vannipes

Name

Rhipidaster Sladen, 1889

Type species: Rhipidaster vannipes Sladen, 1889 (by monotypy)

Synonymy

• Rhipidaster (Xenorias) Fisher, 1913
• Xenorias Fisher, 1913 [synonymised by Mah & Fujita (2020)]

References

Primary references

• 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.  [original description of Rhipidaster p. 447–448]

Additional references

• 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 Rhipidaster p. 77, synonymy of Xenorias]