Echinaster

Echinaster
Echinaster sepositus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Echinodermata
Subphylum: Eleutherozoa
Class: Asteroidea
Order: Spinulosida
Family: Echinasteridae
Genus: Echinaster
Verrill, 1870[1]
Species
see text
Synonyms[1]
  • Rhopia Gray, 1840
  • Thyraster Ives, 1890
  • Verrillaster Downey, 1973

Echinaster is a genus of starfish in the family Echinasteridae in the order Spinulosida.

Species

The following species are recognised:- [1]

  • Echinaster aculeata (Gray, 1840)
  • Echinaster arcystatus H.L. Clark, 1914
  • Echinaster brasiliensis Müller & Troschel, 1842
  • Echinaster callosus Marenzeller, 1895
  • Echinaster colemani Rowe & Albertson, 1987
  • Echinaster crassus Müller & Troschel, 1842
  • Echinaster cribella Lutken, 1871
  • Echinaster cylindricus Meissner, 1892
  • Echinaster deplanatus Grube, 1857
  • Echinaster echinophorus (Lamarck, 1816)
  • Echinaster farquhari Benham, 1909
  • Echinaster glomeratus H.L. Clark, 1916
  • Echinaster gracilis Müller & Troschel, 1842
  • Echinaster graminicola Campbell & Turner, 1984
  • Echinaster guyanensis A.M. Clark, 1987
  • Echinaster luzonicus (Gray, 1840)
  • Echinaster modestus Perrier, 1881
  • Echinaster panamensis Leipoldt, 1895
  • Echinaster parvispinus A.H. Clark, 1916
  • Echinaster paucispinus A.M. Clark, 1987
  • Echinaster purpureus (Gray, 1840)
  • Echinaster reticulatus H.L. Clark, 1923
  • Echinaster rigidus Grube, 1857
  • Echinaster robustus Verrill, 1914
  • Echinaster sentus (Say, 1825)
  • Echinaster sepositus (Retzius, 1783)
  • Echinaster serpentarius Müller & Troschel, 1842
  • Echinaster smithi Ludwig, 1903
  • Echinaster spinulosus Verrill, 1869
  • Echinaster stereosomus Fisher, 1913
  • Echinaster superbus H.L. Clark, 1916
  • Echinaster tenuispinus Verrill, 1871
  • Echinaster varicolor H.L. Clark, 1938

References

  1. 1 2 3 Mah, C.; Hansson, H. (2013). C. L. Mah, eds. "Echinaster Müller & Troschel, 1840". World Asteroidea database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2013-11-13.
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