Asterodiscus (Gray)

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Valvatida
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Podiata Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Echinodermata Subphylum: Eleutherozoa Superclassis: Asterozoa Classis: Asteroidea Ordo: Valvatida

Familia: Asterodiscididae
Genus: Asterodiscus
Species:

• Transferred to other genera: A. elegans – A. helonotus – A. truncatus – A. tuberculosus
  

• In synonymy: A. hiroi
  

Name

Asterodiscus Gray, 1847

• ZooBank: 3C9B6430-7E9A-4E7B-8AFB-261E8D936047

• Type species: Asterodiscus elegans Gray, 1847, by monotypy.

• junior homonym of Asterodiscus Ehrenberg, 1839.

• Replaced by Asterodiscides A.M. Clark, 1974.

Synonymy

• Asterodiscus Gray, 1847: 75; — Sladen, 1889: 353; — Fisher, 1906: 1074–1075.

References

• Clark, A.M. 1974. Notes on some Echinoderms from southern Africa. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), zoology. 26(6): 423-487, 3 pls, 16 figs, 1 map, 3 tables. BHL Reference page. 
• Fisher, W.K. 1906. The Starfishes of the Hawaiian Islands. Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission 23(3): 987–1130. BHL Reference page. 
• Gray, J.E. 1847. Descriptions of some New Genera and Species of Asteriadae. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 15: 72–83. BHL Reference page. 
• Sladen, 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. 

Links

• Asterodiscus Gray, 1847 in the World Asteroidea Database, accessed on February 22, 2026