Nymphaster

Familia: Goniasteridae
Genus: Nymphaster
Species: N. alcocki – †N. arduennensis – N. arenatus – N. arthrocnemis – N. atopus – †N. coombii – N. diomedeae – †N. dolmeni – †N. dutempleanus – N. dyscritus – N. euryplax – †N. fontis – N. gardineri – N. habrotatus – N. leptodomus – †N. magistrorum – †N. marginatus – N. meseres – †N. miocenicus – N. moebii – N. moluccanus – N. mucronatus – †N. mudzborgh – N. nora – †N. obtusus – †N. peakei – N. pentagonus – †N. robustus

Nymphaster Sladen, 1889

• Type species: Nymphaster protentus Sladen, 1889, by subsequent designation by Fisher (1917: 168).

• Note: listed by Sladen in 1885 but without species named.

Nymphaster Sladen, 1885: 612; — Sladen, 1889: 294–298; — Fisher, 1913: 633–634; — Fisher, 1917d: 167–168; — Fisher, 1919: 261–264; — Macan, 1938: 373–374; — Halpern, 1970: 222–223; — Mah, 2016: 123; 2018: 68; — Mah, 2025a: 76–78.

• Fisher, W.K. 1913. Four new genera and fifty-eight new species of starfishes from the Philippine Islands, Celebes, and the Moluccas. Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 43(1944): 599–648. BHL Reference page. 
• Fisher, W.K. 1917d. Notes on Asteroidea. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, including Zoology, Botany, and Geology. Series 8. 20(116): 166–172. BHL Reference page. 
• Fisher, W.K. 1919. Contributions to the biology of the Philippine Archipelago and adjacent regions, vol. 3 . Starfishes of the Philippine seas and adjacent waters. Bulletin of the United States National Museum. 100(3): 1–547. 156 pls. hdl: 10088/21263 BHL Reference page. 
• Halpern, J.A. 1970. Biological Investigations of the deep sea. 51. Goniasteridae (Echinodermata: Asteroidea) of the Straits of Florida. Bulletin of Marine Science. 20(1): 193–286. Online Reference page. 
• Macan, T.T. 1938. Asteroidea. The John Murray Expedition 1933–34. Scientific Reports 4(9): 323–435. BHL. Reference page. 
• Mah, C.L. 2016. Deep-sea (>1000 m) Goniasteridae (Valvatida; Asteroidea) from the North Pacific, including an overview of Sibogaster, Bathyceramaster n. gen. and three new species. Zootaxa 4175(2): 101–141. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4175.2.1. 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. 
• Mah, C.L. 2025a. New Australian deep-sea Goniasteridae (Asteroidea; Valvatacea). Memoirs of Museum Victoria 84: 49–88. DOI: 10.24199/j.mmv.2025.84.02 . Reference page. 
• Sladen, P. 1885. The Asteroidea. Report on the scientific results of the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-76 under the command of Captain George S. Nares, R.N., F.R.S., and the late Captain Frank Tourle Thomson, R.N. Narrative 1(2): 607-617. BHL Reference page. 
• 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. 

• Nymphaster Sladen, 1889 in the World Asteroidea Database, accessed on May 30, 2025

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