Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Echinodermata > Subphylum Asterozoa > Class Asteroidea > Subclass Ambuloasteroidea > Infraclass Neoasteroidea > Superorder Forcipulatacea > Order Forcipulatida > Family Asteriidae

Coronaster Perrier, 1885

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Coronaster volsellatus (Sladen, 1889)

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: カンムリヒトデ属

Literature

original description	Perrier, E. (1885). Premiére note Préliminaire des les Echinodermes, recueillis durant les campagnes de dragages sous-marines du Travailleur et du Talisman. Annales des sciences naturelles, Zoologie. 22(8): 1-72.
basis of record	Hansson, H.G. (2001). Echinodermata, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,. 50: pp. 336-351.
additional source	Mah, C.; Clark, A. M. (2001). Additions to Clark, A.M. and Mah, C. 2001. An index of names of recent Asteroidea - Part 4. Forcipulatida and Brisingida in Echinoderm Studies. 6: 229-347.
additional source	Fisher, W.K. (1917). The asteroid genus Coronaster. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 30: 23-26.
additional source	Clark, A. M.; Downey, M. E. (1992). Starfishes of the Atlantic. Chapman & Hall Identification Guides, 3. Chapman & Hall. London, UK. ISBN 0-412-43280-3. xxvi, 794 pp.

Genbank

Citation

Mah, C.L. (2025). World Asteroidea Database. Coronaster Perrier, 1885. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:123232