Pycinaster

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: † Pycinaster
Species: † P. angustatus – † P. boulei – † P. corbaricus – † P. crassus – † P. danicus – † P. grignonensis – † P. humilis – † P. magnificus – † P. mortenseni – † P. peyroti – † P. rosenkrantzii –

Name

Pycinaster Spencer, 1905

Type species: Goniaster (Astrogonium) angustatus Forbes, 1848 (type by monotypy)

Synonymy

• Pycnaster Sladen, 1891 (junior homonym of † Pycnaster Pomel, 1883)

References

Primary references

• Sladen, P. 1891. A monograph on the British fossil Echinodermata from the Cretaceous Formations. volume Second. The Asteroidea. Part First. Monograph of the Palaeontographical Society 44(209): 1–28. BHL Reference page.  [original description of Pycnaster : p. 21]
• Spencer, W.K. 1905. A Monograph on the British Fossil Echinodermata from the Cretaceous Formations. Volume Second. The Asteroidea. Part Third. Monograph of the Palaeontographical Society 59(278): 67-90. DOI: 10.1080/02693445.1905.12035516 BHL Reference page.  [nom. nov.: p. 95]

Links

• Pycinaster in the World Register of Marine Species

• BHL bibliography
• Pycinaster – Taxon details on Encyclopedia of Life (EOL).
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Pycinaster.
• ION
• Species-ID