Odontaster

Odontaster hispidus

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: Odontasteridae
Genus: Odontaster
Species: O. aucklandensis – O. australis – O. benhami – O. crassus – O. cynthiae – O. hispidus – O. mediterraneus – O. meridionalis – O. pearsei – O. penicillatus – †O. priscus – O. robustus – O. rosagemmae – O. roseus – O. setosus – †O. tabaensis – O. validus

Name

Odontaster Verrill, 1880

Type species: Odontaster hispidus Verrill, 1880, by monotypy.

Synonymy

• Odontaster Verrill, 1880: 402; 1894: 262–263; 1899: 205–206; — Bell, 1893: 259–260; — Fisher, 1911: 154; — McKnight in H.E.S. Clark & McKnight, 2001: 143.
• Asterodon Perrier, 1891
• Epidontaster Koehler, 1920
• Gnathaster Sladen, 1889: 285–287; — Verrill, 1899: 204–205.
  • Type species: Gnathaster meridionalis (E.A. Smith, 1876), by subsequent designation by Verrill (1899: 204).
  • Synoymised by Verrill (1894: 262).
• Gnathodon Verrill, 1899
• Gymnognathaster Döderlein, 1928
• Peridontaster Koehler, 1920

References

• Bell, F.J. 1893. On Odontaster and the Allied or Synonymous Genera os Asteroid Echinoderms. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 61: 259–262. BHL.Reference page. 
• 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. 
• 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. 
• Sladen, W.P. 1889. Report on the Asteroidea. Report on the scientific results of the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-76 Part 51, Zoology 30: i-xlii, 1-893 BHL Reference page. 
• Verrill, A.E. 1880. Notice of the remarkable marine fauna occupying the outer banks off the southern coast of New England. American Journal of Science. Ser. 3. 20(41): 390–403. BHL. Reference page. 
• Verrill, A.E. 1894. Descriptions of new species of starfishes and ophiurans, with a revision of certain species formerly described; mostly from the collections made by the United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries. Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 17: 245-297. BHL Reference page.