Glyphodiscus (Goniasteridae)

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: Glyphodiscus
Species: G. magnificus – G. pentagonalis – G. perierctus

Name

Glyphodiscus Fisher, 1917

Synonymy

• Iconaster (Glyphodiscus) Fisher, 1917

References

• Clark, H.E.S., McKnight, D.G. 2001. The Marine Fauna of New Zealand: Echinodermata: Asteroidea (sea-stars) order Valvatida. NIWA biodiversity memoir. 117: 1–269. PDF Reference page.  [p. 52–53]
• Fisher, W.K. 1917. A new Genus and Gubgenus of East-Indian Sea-Stars. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, including Zoology, Botany, and Geology. Series 8. 20(116): 172–173. BHL Reference page.  [as Iconaster (Glyphodiscus) p. 173 (original desxcription)]
• Mah, C.L. 2005. A phylogeny of Iconaster and Glyphodiscus (Echinodermata, Asteroidea, Valvatida, Goniasteridae) with descriptions of four new species. Zoosystema. 27(1): 137–161. Online Reference page.  [as Glyphodiscus p. 144]