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

Persephonaster Wood-Mason & Alcock, 1891

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Psilasteropsis*	Fisher, 1906	synonym

Children

Persephonaster leptactis H.L. Clark, 1941
Persephonaster patagiatus (Sladen, 1889)
Persephonaster pulcher (Perrier, 1881)
Persephonaster sphenoplax (Bell, 1892)

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: モミジモドキ属

Literature

original description	Wood-Mason, J. & Alcock, A. (1891). Natural history notes from H.M. Indian marine survey steamer 'Investigator', Commander R.F. Hoskyn, R.N., commanding. Series II, No. 1. On the results of deep-sea dredging during the season 1890-1891. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. (series 6) 8 (43): 16-34, pl. 7-8; 8 (44): 119-138; 8 (46): 268-286; 8 (47): 353-362; 8 (48): 427-452, pl. 17.
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.
additional source	Fisher, W.K. (1919). Starfishes of the Philippine seas and adjacent waters. Bulletin of the United States National Museum, 3(100): 1-547. 156 pls.
additional source	Hansson, H. G. (1998). NEAT (North East Atlantic Taxa): Scandinavian Echinodermata Check-List (Comp.).

Genbank

Citation

Mah, C.L. (2025). World Asteroidea Database. Persephonaster Wood-Mason & Alcock, 1891. 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:123252