WoRMS taxon details
Nomenclatureoriginal description
Gray, J.E. (1840). XXXII. A synopsis of the genera and species of the class Hypostoma (<i>Asterias</i>, Linnaeus). <em>Annals of the Magazine of Natural History.</em> 6: 275-290., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2336044#page/309/mode/1up page(s): 286 [details]
original description
(of Oreaster desjardinsi Michelin, 1844) Michelin, H. (1844). Description de quatre Echinides et Stellérides nouvelles, ex-traite d'un catalogue raisonné des Zoophytes , Echinides et Stellérides recueillis par MM. J. Desjardins et Mathieu , à
Vile de France (aujourd'hui île Maurice). <em>Revue Zoologique par la Societe Cuvierienne.</em> 7: 173., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2284857 page(s): 173 [details]
original description
(of Linckia aegyptiaca von Martens, 1866) Martens, E. von. (1866). Ueber ostasiatische Echinodermen. 3. Seesterne des indischen Archipels. <em>Archiv für Naturgeschichte.</em> 32: 57-88., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7060827 [details]
original description
(of Nardoa aegyptiaca Sladen, 1889) Sladen, W.P. (1889). Report on the Asteroidea. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–1876. Zoology.</em> 30 (part 51): xlii + 893 pages, 118 plates., available online at http://www.19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-51/README.htm [details]
original description
(of Scytaster aegyptiaca (Gray, 1840)) Gray, J.E. (1840). XXXII. A synopsis of the genera and species of the class Hypostoma (<i>Asterias</i>, Linnaeus). <em>Annals of the Magazine of Natural History.</em> 6: 275-290., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2336044#page/309/mode/1up page(s): 286 [details]
original description
(of Scytaster zodiacalis Müller & Troschel, 1842) Müller, J. and Troschel, F. H. (1842). System der Asteriden.1. Asteriae. 2. Ophiuridae. <em>Vieweg: Braunschweig.</em> xxx+134 pp. 12 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/44159 page(s): 35 [details] 
Taxonomysource of synonymy
Rowe, F. W. E.; Gates, J. (1995). Echinodermata. <em>In: Wells, A.; Houston, W.W.K. (Ed.) Zoological catalogue of Australia, 33. CSIRO: Melbourne. ISBN 0-643-05696-3. XIII.</em> 510 pp. [details]
Unreviewed
Description Also distributed in Gilbert Islands (Clark, 1954); Ceylon bay of Bengal, East Indies, north Australia, China, south Japan and South Pacific Is. (Clark & Rowe, 1971). [details]
Remark Type species of the genus Gomophia Gray, 1840 (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]
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