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

Chondraster grandis (Verrill, 1878)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Chondraster*	Verrill, 1895	accepted genus name
*Cheilaster*	Bell, 1893	synonym

Species group names

*Marginaster fimbriatus*	Sladen, 1889	synonym
*Porania grandis*	Verrill, 1878	synonym

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	North East Atlantic Taxa

Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection
Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
GBIF

Citation

Mah, C. (2014). Chondraster grandis (Verrill, 1878). 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:124105