Iconaster Sladen, 1889 
AphiaID: 254785

Classification: Biota > Animalia > Echinodermata > Asterozoa > Asteroidea > Valvatacea > Valvatida > Goniasteridae

Status		accepted
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank		Genus
Parent		Goniasteridae Forbes, 1841
Sources		original description: Sladen, W.P. (1889). Report on the Asteroidea. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-1876, Zoology 30(51): xlii + 893 pages 118 plates. [details] basis of record: Mah, C.L. (2005). A phylogeny of Iconaster and Glyphodiscus (Goniasteridae; Valvatida; Asteroidea) with descriptions of four new species. Zoosystema 27(1): 131-167. [details]
Direct child taxa [show all]		Species Iconaster elegans Jangoux, 1981 Species Iconaster longimanus (Mobius, 1859) Species Iconaster uchelbeluuensis Mah, 2005 Species Iconaster vanuatuensis Mah, 2005 Subgenus Iconaster (Glyphodiscus) Fisher, 1917 accepted as Glyphodiscus Fisher, 1917 Species Iconaster corindonensis Aziz & Jangoux, 1985 accepted as Lithosoma penichra Fisher, 1917 Species Iconaster gardineri Bell, 1909 accepted as Nymphaster gardineri (Bell, 1909) Species Iconaster pentaphylla Koehler, 1909 accepted as Lithosoma pentaphylla (Alcock, 1893) Species Iconaster perierctus Fisher, 1913 accepted as Glyphodiscus perierctus Fisher, 1917
Environment		marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range		recent only
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:254785
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2007-12-17 23:27:22Z   created   Mah, Christopher 2007-12-20 06:34:18Z   changed   Mah, Christopher
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		Citation: Mah, C. (2013). Iconaster Sladen, 1889. In: Mah, C.L. (2013) World Asteroidea database. Accessed through: Mah, C.L. (2013) World Asteroidea database at http://www.marinespecies.org/asteroidea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=254785 on 2013-05-20