Mah, Christopher L.
Goniodiscaster
Sign in to saveGoniodiscaster is a genus of sea stars in the family Oreasteridae. Members of this genus can be found off the coasts of India, southeast Asia, and Australia. Other taxa commonly misidentified as this genus include Anthenea, Tosia, and Pentaceraster.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumEchinodermata
- ClassAsteroidea
- OrderValvatida
- FamilyGoniasteridae
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 95
- With media
- 1
- Family
- Oreasteridae
- Collections
- CAS, NMV, QM, AM, WAM
- Recorded in
- Philippines, Australia
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Encyclopedic overview
2 sectionsContents
- Selected species
- References
Goniodiscaster is a genus of sea stars in the family Oreasteridae. Members of this genus can be found off the coasts of India, southeast Asia, and Australia. Other taxa commonly misidentified as this genus include Anthenea, Tosia, and Pentaceraster.
==Selected species== Goniodiscaster acanthodes H.L.Clark, 1938 Goniodiscaster australiae Tortonese, 1937 Goniodiscaster bicolor H.L.Clark, 1938 Goniodiscaster foraminatus (Döderlein, 1916) Goniodiscaster forficulatus (Perrier, 1875) Goniodiscaster granuliferus (J.E.Gray, 1847) Goniodiscaster insignis (Koehler, 1910) Goniodiscaster integer Livingstone, 1931 Goniodiscaster pleyadella (Lamarck, 1816) Goniodiscaster porosus (Koehler, 1910) Goniodiscaster rugosus (Perrier, 1875) Goniodiscaster scaber (Möbius, 1859) Goniodiscaster seriatus (Müller & Troschel, 1843) Goniodiscaster vallei (Koehler, 1910) List source :
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Goniodiscaster” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.