Asterodiscides

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Asterodiscides
Temporal range: recent
Asterodiscides japonicus by OpenCage.jpg
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Echinodermata
Class:
Asteroidea
Order:
Family:
Genus:
Asterodiscides

A. M. Clark, 1974 [1]
Species
See text.
Synonyms[1]

Asterodiscus Gray, 1847

Asterodiscides is a genus of starfish. Members of the genus have five short tapering arms and a wide disc. The genus was first described by the British zoologist Ailsa McGown Clark in 1974.[1]

Genera[]

The following species are listed in the World Register of Marine Species:-[1]

  • Rowe, 1977
  • Lane & Rowe, 2009
  • Rowe, 1985
  • Rowe, 1985
  • Rowe, 1977
  • (Gray, 1847)
  • Rowe, 1985
  • Rowe, 1977
  • (Fisher, 1913)
  • Imaoka, Irimura, Okutani, Oguro, Oji & Kanazawa, 1991
  • Rowe, 1977
  • Rowe, 1985
  • Rowe, 1985
  • Rowe, 1977
  • Rowe, 1985
  • Rowe, 1977
  • Asterodiscides truncatus (Coleman, 1911)
  • (Fisher, 1906)

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d Asterodiscides A. M. Clark, 1974 World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 12 March 2018


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