Circeaster columnaris

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
Subfamilia: Circeasterinae
Genus: Circeaster
Species: Circeaster columnaris

Name

Circeaster columnaris Mah, 2025: 302, fig. 18A–F

• ZooBank: 38DC9ACD-FB1F-4551-929B-777E901CBD4A

• Type locality: Balut Island, Mindanao, Philippines, 150–250 m. 1 dry spec. R=5.6 r=2.2.

• Holotype: PNM 7152.

References

• Mah, C.L. 2025b. New taxa of Valvatida (Asteroidea) with an overview of bivalve pedicellariae proposed form and function. Megataxa 18(1): 262–347. DOI: 10.11646/megataxa.18.1.3 . Reference page. 

Links

• Circeaster columnaris Mah, 2025 in the World Asteroidea Database, accessed on February 27, 2026