Marginaster

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Valvatida
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Echinodermata Subphylum: Eleutherozoa Superclassis: Asterozoa Classis: Asteroidea Ordo: Valvatida

Familia: Poraniidae
Genus: Marginaster
Species: M. capreensis – M. patriciae – M. paucispinus – M. pectinatus

Name

Marginaster Perrier, 1881

• Type species: Marginaster pectinatus Perrier, 1881, by subsequent designation.

Synonymy

• Marginaster Perrier, 1881: 16; — Sladen: 1889: 364; — H.E.S. Clark & McKnight, 2001: 166; — McKnight, 2006: 106.
• Poranisca Verrill, 1914
  • Type species: Poranisca lepidus Verrill, 1914, by original designation.
  • Synonymised by A.M. Clark (1984).

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. 
• 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. 
• Perrier, E. 1881. Reports on the Results of Dredging by the United States Coast Survey Steamer "Blake" XIV. Description sommaire des espèces nouvelles d'Astéries. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College 9: 1-32 BHLReference page. 
• Sladen, W.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.