Metrodira

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Leptognathina
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: Spinulosida Subordo: Leptognathina

Familia: Echinasteridae
Genus: Metrodira
Species: M. subulata

Name

Metrodira Gray, 1840

Type species: Metrodira subulata Gray, 1840, by monotypy.

Synonymy

• Metrodira Gray, 1840: 282; — Sladen, 1889: 415–416; — Fisher, 1919: 405–406.
• Fromia (Metrodira) Gray, 1840
• Scaphaster de Loriol, 1899: 27–28.
  • Type species: Scaphaster humberti de Loriol, 1899, by monotypy.
  • Synonymised by Fisher (1919: 405).

References

• Fisher, W.K. 1919. Contributions to the biology of the Philippine Archipelago and adjacent regions, vol. 3 . Starfishes of the Philippine seas and adjacent waters. Bulletin of the United States National Museum. 100(3): 1–547. 156 pls. hdl: 10088/21263 BHL Reference page. 
• Gray, J.E. 1840. XXXII. A synopsis of the genera and species of the class Hypostoma (Asterias, Linnaeus) (Continued from p. 184.) Annals and magazine of natural history 6(37): 275–290. DOI: 10.1080/03745484009443296 BHL Reference page. 
• Loriol, P. de 1899. Notes pour servir a l'étude des Échinodermes. VII. Mémoires de la Société de physique et d'histoire naturelle de Genève. 33(1): 1–34. 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.