Rathbunaster

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Forcipulatida
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: Forcipulatida

Familia: Asteriidae
Genus: Rathbunaster
Species: R. californicus

Name

• Rathbunaster Fisher, 1906
  • Type species: Rathbunaster californicus Fisher, 1906 (by original designation)
  • Etymology: named after Richard Rathbun

Synonymy

• Rathburnaster Fisher, 1906
  • [misspelling]

References

• Fisher, W.K. 1906. New starfishes from the Pacific Coast of North America. Proceedings of the Washington Academy of Sciences. 8: 111–139. BHL Reference page.  [original description of Rathbunaster p. 136–137]
• Fisher, W.K. 1923. XXVIII.—A preliminary synopsis of the Asteriidæ, a family of sea-stars. Annals and Magazine of Natural History: Series 9 12(68): 247-258. DOI: 10.1080/00222932308632942 Reference page.  [as Rathbunaster p. 253]