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

Goniaster tessellatus (Lamarck, 1816)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Goniaster*	L. Agassiz, 1836	accepted genus name
*Astrogonium*	Müller & Troschel, 1842	synonym
*Phaneraster*	Perrier, 1894	synonym

Species group names

*Asterias granularis*	Gmelin, 1791	synonym
*Asterias tessellata*	Lamarck, 1816	synonym
*Astrogonium dubium*	Perrier, 1869	synonym
*Goniaster africanus*	Verrill, 1871	synonym
*Goniaster americanus*	Verrill, 1871	synonym
*Goniaster cuspidatus*	Gray, 1840	synonym
*Goniaster sebae*	Gray, 1840	synonym

Literature

basis of record	Clark, A.M. (1993). An index of names of recent Asteroidea, part 2: Valvatida, in: Jangoux, M.; Lawrence, J.M. (Ed.) (1993). Echinoderm Studies, 4: pp. 187-366
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	Halpern, J.A. (1970). Goniasteridae (Echinodermata: Asteroidea) of the Straits of Florida. Bulletin of Marine Science 20(1): 193-286
additional source	Pawson, D. L., D. J. Vance, C. G. Messing, F. A. Solis-Marin, and C. L. Mah. 2009. Echinodermata of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1177–1204 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College S
additional source	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

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Taxonomy

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External Links

Barcode of Life
USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection
Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications)
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Citation

Mah, C. (2014). Goniaster tessellatus (Lamarck, 1816). 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:124033