Peltaster

Peltaster

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Granulosina
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: Valvatida Subordo: Granulosina

Familia: Goniasteridae
Genus: Peltaster
Species (3): P. cycloplax – P. meridionalis – P. placenta

• Transferred to other genera (1): P. micropeltus
  

• In synonymy (3): P. hebes – P. nidarosiensis – P. planus
  

Name

Peltaster Verrill, 1899

• Type species: Peltaster hebes Verrill, 1899, by original designation.

Synonymy

• Peltaster Verrill, 1899: 168–169; — Halpern, 1970: 234–235; — Mah, 2025: 282; — Mah, 2026: 73.

References

• Halpern, J.A. 1970. Biological Investigations of the deep sea. 51. Goniasteridae (Echinodermata: Asteroidea) of the Straits of Florida. Bulletin of Marine Science. 20(1): 193–286. Online Reference page. 
• Mah, C.L. 2025b. New taxa of Valvatida (Asteroidea) with an overview of bivalve pedicellariae proposed form and function. Megataxa 18(1): 262–347. DOI: 10.11646/megataxa.18.1.3 . Reference page. 
• Mah, C.L. 2026. New genera, species and occurrences of Goniasteridae (Valvatida, Asteroidea) from New Caledonia. Megataxa 19(1): 001–113. DOI: 10.11646/megataxa.19.1.1 . Reference page. 
• Verrill, A.E. 1899. Revision of certain Genera and Species of Starfishes, with descriptions of new forms. Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences. 10(1): 145-234. BHL. Reference page. 

Links

• Peltaster Verrill, 1899 in the World Asteroidea Database, accessed on January 24, 2026

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