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

Odontaster Verrill, 1880

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Asterodon*	Perrier, 1891	synonym
*Epidontaster*	Koehler, 1920	synonym
*Gnathaster*	Sladen, 1889	synonym
*Gnathodon*	Verrill, 1899	synonym
*Gymnognathaster*	Döderlein, 1928	synonym
*Peridontaster*	Koehler, 1920	synonym

Children

Odontaster mediterraneus (Marenzeller, 1893)

Literature

basis of record	Hansson, H.G. (2001). Echinodermata, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 336-351
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.
additional source	Rowe, F.W.E & Gates, J. (1995). Echinodermata. In ‘Zoological Catalogue of Australia’. 33 (Ed A. Wells.) pp xiii + 510 (CSIRO Australia, Melbourne.)

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Citation

Mah, C. (2014). Odontaster Verrill, 1880. 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:123310