Skip to content
Hymenaster

(c) Георгий Виноградов (Georgy Vinogradov), some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Георгий Виноградов (Georgy Vinogradov) · cc-by

EntityQ3463442· pop 9· linked from 3 articles

Hymenaster

Sign in to save

Also known as Hymenaster Wyville Thomson, 1873

Hymenaster is a genus of sea stars (Asteroidea) of the family Pterasteridae.

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumEchinodermata
  3. ClassAsteroidea
  4. OrderVelatida
  5. FamilyPterasteridae
Habitatmarine
Observations6

via GBIF

Museum specimens

Specimen records
236
With media
36
Family
Pterasteridae
Collections
SIO, CAS, NMV, USNM
Recorded in
Antarctica, United States, Mexico, Australia, South Sandwich Islands, Japan, Falkland Islands

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Pterasteridae
Image
Bio barnstar4.png
Show 5 more facts
taxon name
Hymenaster
taxon rank
genus
Commons category
Hymenaster
Commons gallery
Hymenaster
taxon common name
hymenasters
Sources (1)

via Wikidata · CC0

~1 min read

Encyclopedic overview

2 sections
Contents
  • Species list
  • References

Hymenaster is a genus of sea stars (Asteroidea) of the family Pterasteridae.

== Species list == According to the World Register of Marine Species, the genus includes 52 valid species:

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Hymenaster” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

Gallery (2)

Available in 7 languages

via Wikidata sitelinks · CC0