Heliaster

Heliaster helianthus

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: Heliasteridae
Genus: Heliaster
Species: H. canopus – H. cumingi – H. helianthus – H. kubiniji – H. microbrachius – H. polybrachius – H. solaris

Name

Heliaster Gray, 1840: 179

Type species: Asterias helianthus Lamarck, 1816, by subsequent designation.

Synonymy

  • Heliaster Gray, 1840: 179; — Sladen, 1889: 555–556.

References

Primary references

Additional references

  • Sladen, P. 1889. Report on the Asteroidea. Report on the scientific results of the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-76 Part 51, Zoology 30: i–xlii, 1–893. BHL Reference page. 
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