Lithosoma

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: Lithosoma
Species: L. actinometra – L. japonica – L. novaezelandiae – L. ochlerotatus – L. penichra – L. pentaphylla

In synonymy: L. brevipes

Name

Lithosoma Fisher, 1911

ZooBank: F2400F19-966C-4241-AB33-F1859B1BDA5C

Type species: Lithosoma actinometra Fisher, 1911, by original designation.

Synonymy

Lithosoma Fisher, 1911: 422; — H.E.S. Clark in H.E.S. Clark & McKnight, 2001: 62–63; — Mah, 2011: 30; — Mah, 2018: 51.

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.
Fisher, W.K. 1911. New genera of Starfishes from the Philippine Islands. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 40(1827): 415–427. BHL. Reference page.
Mah, C.L. 2011. Taxonomy of high-latitude Goniasteridae (Subantarctic & Antarctic): one new genus, and three new species with an overview and key to taxa. Zootaxa 2759: 1–48. Preview DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2759.1.1 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.

Links

Lithosoma Fisher, 1911 in the World Asteroidea Database, accessed on December 08, 2025