Asterodiscides

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]

Asterodiscides
Temporal range: recent
Asterodiscides japonicus
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Asterodiscides

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

Asterodiscus Gray, 1847

Genera

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

  • Asterodiscides belli Rowe, 1977
  • Asterodiscides bicornutus Lane & Rowe, 2009
  • Asterodiscides cherbonnieri Rowe, 1985
  • Asterodiscides crosnieri Rowe, 1985
  • Asterodiscides culcitulus Rowe, 1977
  • Asterodiscides elegans (Gray, 1847)
  • Asterodiscides fourmanoiri Rowe, 1985
  • Asterodiscides grayi Rowe, 1977
  • Asterodiscides helonotus (Fisher, 1913)
  • Asterodiscides japonicus Imaoka, Irimura, Okutani, Oguro, Oji & Kanazawa, 1991
  • Asterodiscides lacrimulus Rowe, 1977
  • Asterodiscides macroplax Rowe, 1985
  • Asterodiscides multispinus Rowe, 1985
  • Asterodiscides pinguiculus Rowe, 1977
  • Asterodiscides soleae Rowe, 1985
  • Asterodiscides tessellatus Rowe, 1977
  • Asterodiscides truncatus (Coleman, 1911)
  • Asterodiscides tuberculosus (Fisher, 1906)

References

  1. Asterodiscides A. M. Clark, 1974 World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 12 March 2018


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