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

Styracaster elongatus Koehler, 1907

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Styracaster*	Sladen, 1883	accepted genus name
*Chunaster*	Ludwig, 1907	synonym
*Machairaster*	Perrier, 1884	synonym

Literature

original description	Koehler, R. (1907). Note preliminaire sur quelques Asteries et Ophiures provenant des campagnes de la Princesse Alice. Bulletin de l'Institut Oceanographique. 99: 1-47.
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	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.
additional source	Clark, A. M. (1989). An index of names of recent Asteroidea, part 1: Paxillosida and Notomyotida. In: Jangoux, M.; Lawrence, J.M. (Ed.) (1996). Echinoderm Studies. 3: 225-347.

Genbank

Citation

Mah, C.L. (2025). World Asteroidea Database. Styracaster elongatus Koehler, 1907. 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:123944