Stichaster

Stichaster striatus

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: Stichaster
Species (2): S. australis – S. striatus

Name

Stichaster Müller & Troschel, 1840

Type species: Stichaster striatus Müller & Troschel, 1840, by monotypy.

Synonymy

• Stichaster Müller & Troschel, 1840: 321; — Sladen, 1889: 430–431; — Fisher, 1923b: 595; 1930: 241; — McKnight: 2006: 68.
• Tonia Gray, 1840: 180.
  • Type species: Tonia atlantica Gray, 1840, by monotypy.
  • Synonymised by Sladen (1889: 430).
• Coelasterias Verrill, 1867: 247; — Fisher, 1922: 598.
  • Type species: Coelasterias australis Verrill, 1867, by monotypy.
  • Synonymised by Sladen (1889: 430).

References

• Fisher, W.K. 1922. Notes on Asteroidea.—III. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, including Zoology, Botany, and Geology. (9)10: 590–598. BHL. 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. 
• Gray, J.E. 1840. XXII. A synopsis of the genera and species of the class Hypostoma (Asterias, Linnaeus). Annals and magazine of natural history 6(36): 175–184. DOI: 10.1080/03745484009443282 . 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. 
• Müller, J.P. & Troschel, F.H. 1840. Ueber die Gattungen der Asterien. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 6: 318-326. 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. 
• Verrill, A.E. 1867. Notes on Radiata in the Museum of Yale College, with descriptions of new genera and species. No. 1. Descriptions of new starfishes from New Zealand. Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences. 1(2): 247–251. BHL Reference page.