Eugoniaster ephemeralis

Familia: Goniasteridae
Genus: Eugoniaster
Species: Eugoniaster ephemeralis

Eugoniaster ephemeralis Macan, 1938

• ZooBank: D00D9DB6-DBA1-477E-82F2-5757F41A2DDE

• Type locality: Indian Ocean, Zanzibar Islands, depth 645 m.

• Holotype: BMNH 1937.6.18.211 [1].

• Status:   junior subjective synonym   of Sibogaster digitatus Döderlein, 1924

• Synonymised by Mah (2016: 130).

• Sibogaster digitatus Döderlein, 1924
• Eugoniaster ephemeralis Macan, 1938: 383–385, pl. 2(2, 4, 8), textfig. 9
• Plinthaster ephemeralis (Macan, 1938)

• Macan, T.T. 1938. Asteroidea. The John Murray Expedition 1933–34. Scientific Reports 4(9): 323–435. BHL. Reference page. 
• Mah, C.L. 2018. New genera, species and occurrence records of Goniasteridae (Asteroidea; Echinodermata) from the Indian Ocean. Zootaxa 4539(1): 1–116. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4539.1.1 Reference page. 

• Eugoniaster ephemeralis Macan, 1938 in the World Asteroidea Database, accessed on December 07, 2025