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

Nymphaster arenatus (Perrier, 1881)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Nymphaster*	Sladen, 1889	accepted genus name
*Dorigona*	Perrier, 1885, non Gray, 1866	synonym

Species group names

*Dorigona jacqueti*	Perrier in Milne-Edwards, 1882	synonym
*Dorigona prehensilis*	Perrier, 1885	synonym
*Dorigona subspinosa*	(Perrier, 1881)	synonym
*Dorigona ternalis*	(Perrier, 1881)	synonym
*Nymphaster albidus*	Sladen, 1889	synonym
*Nymphaster basilicus*	Sladen, 1889	synonym
*Nymphaster protentus*	Sladen, 1889	synonym
*Pentagonaster arenatus*	Perrier, 1881	synonym
*Pentagonaster subspinosus*	Perrier, 1881	synonym
*Pentagonaster ternalis*	Perrier, 1881	synonym

Literature

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	Halpern, J.A. (1970). Goniasteridae (Echinodermata: Asteroidea) of the Straits of Florida. Bulletin of Marine Science 20(1): 193-286
additional source	Pawson, D. L., D. J. Vance, C. G. Messing, F. A. Solis-Marin & C. L. Mah. (2009). Echinodermata of the Gulf of Mexico. Pp. 1177–1204 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College S.

Genbank

Citation

Mah, C.L. (2025). World Asteroidea Database. Nymphaster arenatus (Perrier, 1881). 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:124048