Neomorphaster

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Forcipulatida
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Echinodermata Subphylum: Eleutherozoa Superclassis: Asterozoa Classis: Asteroidea Ordo: Forcipulatida

Familia: Stichasteridae
Genus: Neomorphaster
Species: N. margaritaceus

Name

Neomorphaster Sladen, 1889

Type species: Neomorphaster eustichus Sladen, 1889, by monotypy.

Synonymy

• Glyptaster Sladen, 1885: 612
  • Nomen nudum, no species named.
• Neomorphaster Sladen, 1889: 436–437; — Mah, 2024: 462.
• Calycaster Perrier, 1891: 262.
  • Type species: Calycaster monoecus Perrier, 1891, by monotypy.
• Gastraster Perrier, 1894: 102.
  • Type species: Pedicellaster margaritaceus Perrier in Milne-Edwards, 1882, by monotypy.

References

• Mah, C.L. 2024. Two New Taxa of Goniasteridae (Asteroidea, Echinodermata) and Noteworthy Observations of Deep-Sea Asteroidea by the NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer in the North and Tropical Atlantic. Zootaxa. 5432(4): 461–508. DOI: 10.11646/ZOOTAXA.5432.4.2 . Reference page. 
• Sladen, P. 1885. The Asteroidea. Report on the scientific results of the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-76 under the command of Captain George S. Nares, R.N., F.R.S., and the late Captain Frank Tourle Thomson, R.N. Narrative 1(2): 607-617. BHL Reference page. 
• Sladen, W.P. 1889. Report on the Asteroidea. Report on the scientific results of the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-76 Part 51, Zoology 30: i–xlii, 1–893. BHL Reference page.