Calliaster zengi

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 zengi

Name

Calliaster zengi (Macan, 1938)

• Original combination: Mabahissaster zengi Macan, 1938

• ZooBank: 3060EF93-B656-4FAC-B17B-359CF186B036

• Type locality: Zanzibar Islands, depth 212 m.

• Holotype: BMNH 1937.6.18.216 [1].

Synonymy

• Mabahissaster zengi Macan, 1938: 391–394, pl. 6(1–2), textfug. 11.
• Calliaster zengi (Macan, 1938) Mah, 2018: 18.

References

• 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. 

Links

• Calliaster zengi (Macan, 1938) in the World Asteroidea Database, accessed on December 10, 2025