Alloceramaster irritatus

Alloceramaster irritatus

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: Alloceramaster
Species: Alloceramaster irritatus

Name

Alloceramaster irritatus (H.E.S. Clark in H.E.S. Clark & McKnight, 2001)

• Type locality: Southeast of Norfolk Island. 30.7583°S 172.795°E / -30.7583; 172.795. Depth 530 m.

• Holotype: NIWA 7566 [formely H-734].

Synonymy

• Sphaeriodiscus irritatus H.E.S. Clark in H.E.S. Clark & McKnight, 2001: 133–136, pl. 73, fig. 73; — McKnight, 2006: 103.
• Alloceramaster irritatus (H.E.S. Clark in H.E.S. Clark & McKnight, 2001) Mah, 2026: 26–28, fig. 11A–E.

References

• Clark, H.E.S. & McKnight, D.G. 2001. The Marine Fauna of New Zealand: Echinodermata: Asteroidea (sea-stars) order Valvatida. NIWA biodiversity memoir 117: 1–269. PDF 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. 
• McKnight, D.G. 2006. The marine fauna of New Zealand: Asteroidea (sea-stars). 3. Orders Velatida, Spinulosida, Forcipulatida, Brisingida with addenda to Paxillosida, Valvatida. NIWA biodiversity memoir. 120: 1–187. PDF Reference page. 

Links

• Alloceramaster irritatus (H.E.S. Clark in Clark & McKnight, 2001) in the World Asteroidea Database, accessed on January 23, 2026