Smilasterias tasmaniae

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Forcipulatida
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: Forcipulatida

Familia: Stichasteridae
Genus: Smilasterias
Species: Smilasterias tasmaniae

Name

Smilasterias tasmaniae O’Loughlin & O’Hara, 1990: 315–316, pl. 1(c–e), fig. 1

• ZooBank: C0CEC926-11A9-4352-92DE-AFB9FE2892AC

• Type locality: Australia, Tasmania, Bruny Island, Lighthouse Bay, dpeth 8 m.

• Holotype: AM J11395 [1].

• Paratypes: AM J19659 [2]; NMV F54579 [3].

References

• O’Loughlin, P.M. & O’Hara, T.D. 1990. A review of the genus Smilasterias (Echinodermata, Asteroidea), with descriptions of two new species from southeastern Australia, one a gastric brooder, and a new species from Macquarie Island. Memoirs of Museum Victoria. 50(2): 307–323. DOI: 10.24199/j.mmv.1990.50.05 Reference page. 

Links

• Smilasterias tasmaniae O'Loughlin & O'Hara, 1990 in the World Asteroidea Database, accessed on October 22, 2025