Pycinaster

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Granulosina
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Podiata 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: †Pycinaster
Species: †P. angustatus – †P. boulei – †P. christenseni – †P. corbaricus – †P. cornutus – †P. crassus – †P. danicus – †P. grignonensis – †P. humilis – †P. lamberti – †P. magnificus – †P. mortenseni – †P. peyroti – †P. rasmusseni – †P. robustus – †P. rosenkrantzii

Name

Pycinaster Spencer, 1907

• ZooBank: D2350846-E2FB-42CF-BB82-C507C23B7AFA

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

Synonymy

• Pycnaster Sladen, 1891: 21.
  • junior homonym of † Pycnaster Pomel, 1883
• Pycinaster Spencer, 1907: 95.

References

• Sladen, P. 1891a. 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. 
• Spencer, W.K. 1907. A Monograph on the British fossil Echinodermata from the Cretaceous Formations, Volume Second. The Asteroidea and Ophiuroidea, Part Fourth. Monograph of the Palaeontographical Society 61(294): 91–132. BHL. Reference page. 

Links

• Pycinaster Spencer, 1905 † in the World Asteroidea Database, accessed on September 19, 2026