The World Asteroidea Database - Knightaster H.E.S. Clark, 1972

Asteroidea taxon details

Knightaster H.E.S. Clark, 1972

AphiaID

291671 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:291671)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Asterininae Gray, 1840

Direct children (1)

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Species Knightaster bakeri H.E.S. Clark, 1972

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Clark, H.E.S. 1972. Knightaster, a new genus of asteroid from Northern New Zealand. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 2(2): 147-150, 5 figs., available online at http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/03036758.1972.10429370
page(s): 147 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Mah, C.L. (2024). World Asteroidea Database. Knightaster H.E.S. Clark, 1972. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Asteroidea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=291671 on 2024-04-24

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2008-01-21 08:09:52Z

created

Mah, Christopher

2020-03-12 16:20:45Z

changed

Mah, Christopher

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Sources (2)

original description Clark, H.E.S. 1972. Knightaster, a new genus of asteroid from Northern New Zealand. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 2(2): 147-150, 5 figs., available online at http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/03036758.1972.10429370
page(s): 147 [details]

new combination reference Mah, C. L.; Fujita, T. (2020). New species and occurrence records of Japanese Solasteridae and Ganeriidae including a new species of Paralophaster from the North Pacific with an overview of Hyalinothrix. Zootaxa. 4750(1): 67-100., available online at https://mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4750.1.4 [details]