Peltaster: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Echinodermata
- Class
- Asteroidea
- Order
- Valvatida
- Family
- Goniasteridae
- Genus
- Peltaster
- Species
- Scientific Name
- Peltaster
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Peltaster
Peltaster is a genus of echinoderms belonging to the family Goniasteridae.
The genus has almost cosmopolitan distribution.
Species:
- Peltaster cycloplax Fisher, 1913
- Peltaster micropeltus (Fisher, 1906)
- Peltaster placenta (Müller & Troschel, 1842)
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