Calliaster kanak

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 kanak

Name

Calliaster kanak Mah, 2026: 13–15, fig. 5A–G

• ZooBank: 32EA8BD0-28E9-4F98-99C3-51F519BAF2C9

• Type locality: Norfolk Ridge, Banc Antgonia, New Caledonia, 23.705000°S 168.033333°E / -23.705000; 168.033333, depth 180–250 m.

• Holotype: MNHN-IE-2013-6923.

• Paratypes: MNHN-IE-2013-6913; MNHN-IE-2013-6921; MNHN-IE-2013-7452; MNHN-IE-2019-3755; MNHN-IE-2019-3759; MNHN-IE-2019-3760; MNHN-IE-2019-3765; MNHN-IE-2019-3766; MNHN-IE-2019-3769.

References

• 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. 

Links

• Calliaster kanak Mah, 2026 in the World Asteroidea Database, accessed on January 22, 2026