Calliaster

Calliaster elegans

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Granulosina
Superregnum: Eukaryota 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 Subordo: Granulosina

Familia: Goniasteridae
Genus: Calliaster
Species (23): C. acanthodes – C. aquamontis – C. baccatus – C. chaos – C. childreni – C. corona – C. corynetes – C. elegans – C. erucaradiatus – C. euphylacteum – C. hystrix – C. kanak – C. kyros – C. mamillifer – C. nazaninae – C. pedicellaris – C. quadrispinus – C. regenerator – C. sarahae – C. spinosus – C. thompsonae – C. wanganellensis – C. zengi

Name

Calliaster Gray, 1840

• Type species: Calliaster childreni Gray, 1840, by monotypy.

Synonymy

• Calliaster Gray, 1840: 280; — Sladen, 1899: 279; — H.E.S. Clark in H.E.S. Clark & McKnight, 2001: 24–25; — Mah, 2018: 17–18; — Mah, 2026: 7–8.
• Astrothauma Fisher, 1913: 645.
  • Type species: Astrothauma euphylacteum Fisher, 1913, by original designation.
  • Synonymised by Mah (2018: 17).
• Mabahissaster Macan, 1938: 391.
  • Type species: Mabahissaster zengi Macan, 1938, by monotypy.
  • Synonymised by Mah (2018: 17).

References

• Clark, H.E.S. & McKnight, D.G. 2001. The Marine Fauna of New Zealand: Echinodermata: Asteroidea (sea-stars) order Valvatida. NIWA biodiversity memoir 117: 1–269. PDF Reference page. 
• Fisher, W.K. 1913. Four new genera and fifty-eight new species of starfishes from the Philippine Islands, Celebes, and the Moluccas. Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 43(1944): 599–648. 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. 
• Macan, T.T. 1938. Asteroidea. The John Murray Expedition 1933–34. Scientific Reports 4(9): 323–435. BHL. Reference page. 
• Mah, C.L. 2018. New genera, species and occurrence records of Goniasteridae (Asteroidea; Echinodermata) from the Indian Ocean. Zootaxa 4539(1): 1–116. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4539.1.1 Reference page. 
• Mah, C.L. 2026. New genera, species and occurrences of Goniasteridae (Valvatida, Asteroidea) from New Caledonia. Megataxa 19(1): 001–113. DOI: 10.11646/megataxa.19.1.1 . 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

• Calliaster Gray, 1840 in the World Asteroidea Database, accessed on January 21, 2026

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