Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Echinodermata > Subphylum Asterozoa > Class Asteroidea > Subclass Ambuloasteroidea > Infraclass Neoasteroidea > Superorder Valvatacea > Order Paxillosida > Family Astropectinidae

Dytaster Sladen, 1889

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

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

Children

Dytaster agassizi Perrier, 1894
Dytaster exilis Sladen, 1889
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 (part 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.) (1996). Echinoderm Studies. 3: 225-347.
additional source	Clark, A. M.; Downey, M. E. (1992). Starfishes of the Atlantic. Chapman & Hall Identification Guides, 3. Chapman & Hall. London, UK. ISBN 0-412-43280-3. xxvi, 794 pp.

Genbank

Citation

Mah, C.L. (2025). World Asteroidea Database. Dytaster Sladen, 1889. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:123248