Stellasteropsis

Stellasteropsis fouadi

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Granulosina
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 Subordo: Granulosina

Familia: Goniasteridae
Genus: Stellasteropsis
Species: S. colubrinus – S. fouadi – †S. pharaonum – S. tuberculiferus

Name

• Stellasteropsis Dollfus, 1936
  • Type species: Stellasteropsis fouadi Dollfus, 1936, by original designation

Synonyms

• Fayoumaster Roman & Strougo, 1987
  • Synonymized by Mah (2018)
  • Type species: Fayoumaster pharaonum Roman & Strougo, 1987, by original designation

References

• Dollfus, R.-P. 1936. Stellasteropsis fouadi, n. gen. n. sp., stelléride commun dans le golfe de Suez. Bulletin de la Société zoologique de France. 61: 151–158. Gallica Reference page.  [as Stellasteropsis p. 151–152 (original description)]
• 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.  [as Stellasteropsis p. 89–93 (synonymy)]
• Roman, J., Strougo, A. 1987. Fayoumaster pharaonum n. gen., n. sp. (Asteroidea, Goniasteridae) et son cadre stratigraphique et paléoécologique (Eocène d'Egypte). Annales de Paléontologie. 73(1): 29–50. Reference page.  [as Fayoumaster (original description)]