Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Echinodermata > Subphylum Asterozoa > Class Asteroidea > Subclass Ambuloasteroidea > Infraclass Neoasteroidea > Superorder Valvatacea > Order Paxillosida > Family Porcellanasteridae

Caulaster Perrier, 1882

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Albatrossaster*	Ludwig, 1907	synonym
*Albatrossia*	Ludwig, 1905	synonym

Children

Caulaster pedunculatus Perrier, 1882
Caulaster semimarginalis (Ludwig, 1905)

Literature

original description	Perrier, E. (1882). Sur une Asterie des grande profundeurs de l'Atlantique, pourvue d'un peduncle dorsale. Comptes rendus hebdomadaires des séances de l'Académie des sciences. 95: 1379-1381.
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.
taxonomy source	Mironov, A. N.; Dilman, A. B.; Petrov, N. B.; Vladychenskaya, I. P. (2023). Taxonomic Status and Composition of the Genera Caulaster, Porcellanaster and Eremicaster (Asteroidea) Based on Juvenile Morphology and Molecular Phylogenetic Data. Diversity. 15(10): 1032.

Genbank

Citation

Mah, C.L. (2025). World Asteroidea Database. Caulaster Perrier, 1882. 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:123263