Apollonaster: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Echinodermata
- Class
- Asteroidea
- Order
- Valvatida
- Family
- Goniasteridae
- Genus
- Apollonaster
- Species
- Scientific Name
- Apollonaster
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Apollonaster
Apollonaster is a genus of abyssal sea stars in the family Goniasteridae. They can be identified by their bare abactinal plate surfaces and multiple accessory granule rows on their abactinal plates. To date, Apollonaster has been found in the tropical Atlantic region (A. yucatanensis) and Hawaiian Islands region (A. kelleyi) oceans, with no other locations or species being known as of 2015.
...Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Anthenoides
- Apollonaster
- Astroceramus
- Astropatricia
- Atelorias
- Bathyceramaster
- Calliaster
- Calliderma
- Ceramaster
- Chitonaster
- Circeaster
- Cladaster
- Diplasiaster
- Enigmaster
- Eratosaster
- Fayoumaster
- Ferdininae
- Floriaster
- Fromia
- Gigantaster
- Glyphodiscus
- Goniaster
- Goniodiscaster
- Hippasterinae
- Iconaster
- Iphiaster
- Johannaster
- Kermitaster
- Leioastra
- Lithosoma
- Litonotaster
- Lydiaster
- Mabahissaster
- Mariaster
- Mediasterinae
- Milteliphaster
- Nectria
- Notioceramus
- Nymphaster
- Ogmaster
- Peltaster
- Pentagonasterinae
- Pergamaster
- Pillsburiaster
- Plinthaster
- Pontioceramus
- Progoniaster
- Pseudoceramaster
- Pseudogoniodiscaster
- Rosaster
- Sibogaster
- Siraster
- Sphaeriodiscus
- Stellaster
- Stellasteropsis
- Styphlaster
- Tessellaster
- Wallastra