Choriaster

Choriaster granulatus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Valvatida
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Echinodermata Subphylum: Eleutherozoa Superclassis: Asterozoa Classis: Asteroidea Ordo: Valvatida

Familia: Oreasteridae
Genus: Choriaster
Species: C. granulatus

Name

Choriaster Lütken, 1869

Type species: Choriaster granulatus Lütken, 1869, by monotypy.

Synonymy

• Choriaster Lütken, 1869: XXXV; — Sladen, 1889: 354.
• Bothriaster Döderlein, 1916: 415.
  • Type species: Bothriaster primigenius Döderlein, 1916, by monotypy.
  • Synonymised by Kogure, Omori & Fujita (2023).

References

• Döderlein, L. 1916. Über die Gattung Oreaster und Verwandte. Zoologische Jahrbücher 40: 409–440 BHL Reference page. 
• Kogure, Y., Omori, A., Fujita, Y. 2023. Taxonomic status of the oreasterid sea star Bothriaster primigenius Döderlein, 1916 (Echinodermata, Asteroidea). Biogeography. 25: 13–18. DOI: 10.11358/biogeo.25.13 . Reference page. 
• Lütken 1869. Choriaster granulatus eine neue Gattung aus der Familie de Asteriden. Catalog. Museum Godeffroy, Hamburg. 4: XXXV. BHL. Reference page. 
• Sladen, W.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.