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

Peltaster placenta (Müller & Troschel, 1842)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Goniodiscus Müller & Troschel, 1842

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Peltaster*	Verrill, 1899	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Goniaster nidarosiensis*	Storm, 1881	synonym
*Goniodiscus acutus*	Heller, 1863	synonym
*Goniodiscus placentaeformis*	Heller, 1863	synonym
*Peltaster hebes*	Verrill, 1899	synonym
*Pentagonaster minor*	Koehler, 1895	synonym
*Pentagonaster mirabilis*	Perrier, 1875	synonym
*Pentagonaster planus*	Verrill, 1895	synonym
*Pentagonaster vincenti*	Perrier, 1885	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Norwegian Bokmål: storsjøkjeks sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian Nynorsk: storsjøkjeks

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	Hansson, H. G. (1998). NEAT (North East Atlantic Taxa): Scandinavian Echinodermata Check-List (Comp.).
additional source	Halpern, J.A. (1970). Goniasteridae (Echinodermata: Asteroidea) of the Straits of Florida. Bulletin of Marine Science 20(1): 193-286
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	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. Peltaster placenta (Müller & Troschel, 1842). 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:124055