Odontaster

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

Odontaster
Odontaster validus
Scientific classification
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

Species

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

  • Odontaster aucklandensis McKnight, 1973
  • Odontaster australis H.L.Clark, 1926
  • Odontaster benhami (Mortensen, 1925)
  • Odontaster crassus Fisher, 1905
  • Odontaster hispidus Verrill, 1880
  • Odontaster mediterraneus (Marenzeller, 1893)
  • Odontaster meridionalis (E.A. Smith, 1876)
  • Odontaster pearsei Janosik & Halanych, 2010
  • Odontaster penicillatus (Philippi, 1870)
  • Odontaster robustus Verrill, 1899
  • Odontaster rosagemmae McKnight, 2001
  • Odontaster roseus Janosik & Halanych, 2010
  • Odontaster setosus (Verrill, 1899)
  • Odontaster validus Koehler, 1906

References
  1. Odontaster Verrill, 1880 World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2011-11-25.


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