Eugoniaster

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Granulosina

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Orthokaryota Cladus: Neokaryota Cladus: Scotokaryota Cladus: Podiata 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: Eugoniaster
Species:

• Transferred to other genera: E. döderleini – E. investigatoris
  

• In synonymy: E. ephemeralis
  

Name

Eugoniaster Verrill, 1899: 172–173

• ZooBank: C5DC6497-F834-4EFD-866E-E3CD6588B558

• Type species: Pentagonaster investigatoris Alcock, 1893

• Status:   junior subjective synonym   of Pillsburiaster Halpern, 1970
  • Type species transferred to Pillsburiaster by Mah (2018).

References

• Verrill, A.E. 1899. Revision of certain Genera and Species of Starfishes, with descriptions of new forms. Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences. 10(1): 145-234. BHL. Reference page. 

Links

• Eugoniaster Verrill, 1899 in the World Asteroidea Database, accessed on December 07, 2025