Pontaster

Pontaster tenuispinus

Pontaster tenuispinus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Notomyotida
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: Notomyotida

Familia: Benthopectinidae
Genus: Pontaster
Species: P. tenuispinus

Name

Pontaster Sladen, 1885

Type species: Astropecten tenuispinus Düben & Koren, 1846, by monotypy.

Synonymy

• Pontaster Sladen, 1885: 610; 1889: 23–27.

References

• 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, 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.