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

Culcita Agassiz, 1836

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Goniodiscus*	Müller & Troschel, 1842	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: マンジュウヒトデ属

Literature

original description	Agassiz, L. (1836). Prodrome d'une Monographie des Radiaires ou Echinodermes. Mémoires de la Société des Sciences naturelles de Neuchâtel. 1, 168-199.
basis of record	Jangoux, M. (1973). Les Astéries de lIle Inhaca (Mozambique)(Echinodermata, Asteroidea). I. les espèces récoltées et leur répartition géographique. KMMA Annalen Serie IN-8o. [The asteroids of lIle Inhaca (Mozambique) (Echinodermata, Asteroidea). I. The species collected and their geographical distribution. KMMA Annals Series IN-8º]. Zoologische Wetenschappen. 208:1-50.
additional source	Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. [Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].
additional source	Kano, Y.T., M. Komatsu and C. Oguro. 1991. Morphological changes of the cushion star, Culcita novaeguineae Mueller and Troschel, during growth pp. 323-326 in Biology of Echinodermata, ed. by Yanagisawa, Yasumasu, Oguro, Suzuki and Motokawa. A.A. Balkema, Rotterdam.
additional source	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	Clark, A. M. (1993). An index of names of recent Asteroidea, part 2: Valvatida. In: Jangoux, M.; Lawrence, J.M. (Ed.) (1996). Echinoderm Studies. 4: 187-366.
additional source	Livingstone, A.A. (1932). Notes on some representatives of the asteroid genus Culcita. Australian Zoologist 7(3): 265-273.

Genbank

Citation

Mah, C.L. (2025). World Asteroidea Database. Culcita Agassiz, 1836. 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:204844