Lophaster

Lophaster

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: Lophaster
Species: L. asiaticus – L. cactorum – L. densus – L. furcifer – L. furcilliger – L. gaini – L. quadrispinus – L. stellans – L. suluensis – L. tenuis – L. verrilli

Name

• Lophaster Verrill, 1878
  • Type species: Solaster furcifer Düben & Koren, 1846 (by monotypy)

Synonymy

• Sarkaster Ludwig, 1905 [synonymised by Fisher (1911)]

References

• Fisher, W.K. 1911. Asteroidea of the North Pacific and adjacent waters. Part 1. Phanerozonia and Spinulosida. Bulletin of the United States National Museum. 76(1): xiii+420 pp.; 122 pls. BHL Reference page.  [as Lophaster p. 334, synonymy of Sarkaster]
• Fisher, W.K. 1940. Asteroidea. Discovery Reports. 20: 69–306. BHL Reference page.  [as Lophaster p. 170]
• Mah, C.L., Fujita, T. 2020. New species and occurrence records of Japanese Solasteridae and Ganeriidae including a new species of Paralophaster from the North Pacific with an overview of Hyalinothrix. Zootaxa. 4750(1): 67–100. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4750.1.4 Reference page.  [as Lophaster p. 70–71]
• Verrill, A.E. 1878. Notice of recent additions to the marine fauna of the eastern coast of North America. No. 1. American Journal of Science. ser. 3(16): 207-215. BHL Reference page.  [original descroption of Lophaster p. 214]