Calliaster corona

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: Calliaster corona

Name

Calliaster corona Mah in Mah et al., 2026: 133–136, figs. 12A, 13A–D

• ZooBank: 9A18203C-4C14-4DA3-AB45-6B67C57FE85E

• Type locality: Ashmore Reef, Western Australia, 12.32008409°S 123.0902967°E / -12.32008409; 123.0902967, depth 177m.

• Holotype: WAM Z97556.

• Paratypes: USNM E7365. [1]

• Etymology: The species epithet corona is Latin for crown or royal circlet, alluding to the spine pattern on the abactinal surface.

References

• Mah, C.L., Gomez, O., Wilson, N.G. & Richards, Z.T., 2026. New taxa of Mesophotic Asteroidea from Ashmore Reef, Western Australia. Megataxa 19(1): 114–175. DOI: 10.11646/megataxa.19.1.2 . Reference page. 

Links

• Calliaster corona Mah in Mah et al. 2026 in the World Asteroidea Database, accessed on January 26, 2026