Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Echinodermata > Subphylum Asterozoa > Class Asteroidea > Superorder Valvatacea > Order Paxillosida > Family Astropectinidae

Dytaster Sladen, 1889

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Crenaster*	Perrier, 1885	synonym
*Crenaster*	Perrier, 1885 non d'Orbigny, 1850	synonym

Children

Dytaster agassizi Perrier, 1894
Dytaster grandis (Verrill, 1884)
Dytaster insignis (Perrier, 1884)
Dytaster intermedius Perrier, 1891
Dytaster mollis (Perrier, 1885)
Dytaster rigidus Perrier, 1894
Dytaster semispinosus (Perrier, 1894)

Literature

original description	Sladen, W.P. (1889). Report on the Asteroidea. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-1876, Zoology 30(51): xlii + 893 pages 118 plates.
basis of record	Clark, A.M. (1989). An index of names of recent Asteroidea, part 1: Paxillosida and Notomyotida, in: Jangoux, M.; Lawrence, J.M. (Ed.) (1989). Echinoderm Studies, 3: pp. 225-347
additional source	Clark, A.M. and M.E. Downey. (1992). Starfishes of the Atlantic. Chapman & Hall Identification Guides, 3. Chapman & Hall: London, UK. ISBN 0-412-43280-3. xxvi, 794 pp.

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Citation

Mah, C. (2014). Dytaster Sladen, 1889. In: Mah, C.L. (2014) World Asteroidea database. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:123248