Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Echinodermata > Subphylum Asterozoa > Class Asteroidea > Superorder Forcipulatacea > Order Forcipulatida > Family Stichasteridae

Neomorphaster Sladen, 1889

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

Calycaster Perrier, 1891 synonym
Gastraster Perrier, 1894 synonym
Glyptaster Sladen, 1885 in Thomson & Murray, 1885 synonym; nom. nud.

Children

Neomorphaster margaritaceus Perrier, in Milne-Edwards, 1882

Literature

original description

Sladen, W.P. (1889). Report on the Asteroidea. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-1876, Zoology 30(51): xlii + 893 pages 118 plates.

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. and M.E. Downey. (1992). Starfishes of the Atlantic. Chapman & Hall Identification Guides, 3. Chapman & Hall: London, UK. ISBN 0-412-43280-3. xxvi, 794 pp.

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Citation

Mah, C. (2014). Neomorphaster Sladen, 1889. In: Mah, C.L. (2014) World Asteroidea database. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:123234

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Occurrence

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Environment


marine, not brackish, not fresh, not terrestrial

Importance

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Last modified

2011-06-27 by Christopher Mah

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