Smilasterias

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: Smilasterias
Species: S. actinata – S. clarkailsa – S. irregularis – S. multipara – S. scalprifera – S. tasmaniae – S. triremis

Name

Smilasterias Sladen, 1889

Type species: Asterias (Smilasterias) scalprifera Sladen, 1889, by subsequent designation by Fisher (1923b: 602).

Synonymy

• Asterias (Smilasterias) Sladen, 1889: 562, 578.
• Smilasterias Sladen, 1889; — Fisher, 1923a: 250; 1923b: 602; 1930: 239; 1940: 260; — H.L. Clark, 1946: 156–157; — A.M. Clark, 1962: 85; — O’Loughlin & O’Hara, 1990: 308–311; — McKnight, 2006: 66.

References

• Clark, A.M. 1962. Asteroidea. Reports. B.A.N.Z. Antarctic Research Expedition, 1929-1931. Series B (Zoology and botany). 9: 1–104. PDF Reference page. 
• Clark, H.L. 1946. The echinoderm fauna of Australia. Its composition and its origin. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication. No. 566: 1-567. BHL Reference page. 
• Fisher, W.K. 1923a. XXVIII.—A preliminary synopsis of the Asteriidæ, a family of sea-stars. Annals and Magazine of Natural History: Series 9 12(68): 247-258. DOI: 10.1080/00222932308632942 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. 
• O’Loughlin, P.M. & O’Hara, T.D. 1990. A review of the genus Smilasterias (Echinodermata, Asteroidea), with descriptions of two new species from southeastern Australia, one a gastric brooder, and a new species from Macquarie Island. Memoirs of Museum Victoria. 50(2): 307–323. DOI: 10.24199/j.mmv.1990.50.05 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.