Paranepanthia

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Leptognathina
Superregnum: Eukaryota 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: Spinulosida Subordo: Leptognathina

Familia: Asterinidae
Genus: Paranepanthia
Species: P. aucklandensis – P. brachiata – P. grandis – P. platydisca

Name

Paranepanthia Fisher, 1917

• Type species: Nepanthia platydisca Fisher, 1913, by original designation.

Synonymy

• Paranepanthia Fisher, 1917: 172–173; — H.L. Clark, 1946: 136–137; — McKnight in H.E.S. Clark & McKnight, 2001: 160; — O’Loughlin & Waters, 2004: 25–27.

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. 
• Clark, H.L. 1946. The echinoderm fauna of Australia. Its composition and its origin. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication. No. 566: 1-567. BHL Reference page. 
• Fisher, W.K. 1917e. A new Genus and Subgenus 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. 
• O’Loughlin, P.M. & Waters, J.M. 2004. A molecular and morphological revision of genera of Asterinidae (Echinodermata: Asteroidea). Memoirs of Museum Victoria 61: 1–40. BHL DOI: 10.24199/j.mmv.2004.61.1 Full article (PDF). Reference page. 

Links

• Paranepanthia Fisher, 1917 in the World Asteroidea Database, accessed on August 16, 2025

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