Crossaster

Crossaster papposus

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: Solasteridae
Genus: Crossaster
Species: C. borealis – C. campbellicus – C. diamesus – C. helianthus – C. japonicus – C. multispinus – C. papposus – C. penicillatus – C. scotophilus – C. squamatus

Name

Crossaster Müller & Troschel, 1840

Type species: Asterias papposus Linnaeus, 1767

Synonymy

• Polyaster Gray, 1840
• Solaster (Polyaster) Gray, 1840

References

• Fell, H.B. 1960. Biological results of the Chatham Islands 1954 Expedition. Part 2. Archibenthal and littoral echinoderms. New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir. 5: 1–31. PDF Reference page.  [as Crossaster p. 64]
• Fisher, W.K. 1906. New starfishes from the Pacific Coast of North America. Proceedings of the Washington Academy of Sciences. 8: 111–139. BHL Reference page.  [as Crossaster p. 130–131]
• McKnight, D.G. 2006. The marine fauna of New Zealand: Asteroidea (sea-stars). 3. Orders Velatida, Spinulosida, Forcipulatida, Brisingida with addenda to Paxillosida, Valvatida. NIWA biodiversity memoir. 120: 1–187. PDF Reference page.  [as Crossaster p. 13]
• Müller, J.P. & Troschel, F.H. 1840. Ueber die Gattungen der Asterien. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 6: 318-326. BHL Reference page.  [original description of Crossaster p. 321]