Odontaster

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Odontaster
Red starfish, Odontaster validus.jpg
Odontaster validus
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Echinodermata
Class: Asteroidea
Order: Valvatida
Family: Odontasteridae
Genus: Odontaster
Verrill, 1880 [1]
Species
See text.
Synonyms[1]

Asterodon Perrier, 1891
Epidontaster Koehler, 1920
Gnathaster Sladen, 1889
Gnathodon Verrill, 1899 (non G.B.Sowerby I, 1832: preoccupied)
Gymnognathaster Döderlein, 1928
Peridontaster Koehler, 1920

Odontaster is a genus of sea stars. The type species is Odontaster hispidus.

Species[]

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

  • McKnight, 1973
  • H.L.Clark, 1926
  • (Mortensen, 1925)
  • Fisher, 1905
  • Verrill, 1880
  • (Marenzeller, 1893)
  • (E.A. Smith, 1876)
  • Janosik & Halanych, 2010
  • (Philippi, 1870)
  • Verrill, 1899
  • McKnight, 2001
  • Janosik & Halanych, 2010
  • (Verrill, 1899)
  • Odontaster validus Koehler, 1906

References[]

  1. ^ a b c Odontaster Verrill, 1880 World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2011-11-25.


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