WoRMS taxon details
Davidaster Hoggett & Rowe, 1986
246678 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:246678)
accepted
Genus
- Species Davidaster discoideus (Carpenter, 1888)
- Species Davidaster rubiginosus (Pourtalès, 1869)
- Species Davidaster discoidea (Carpenter, 1888) accepted as Davidaster discoideus (Carpenter, 1888) (alternative spelling)
- Species Davidaster rubiginosa (Pourtalès, 1869) accepted as Davidaster rubiginosus (Pourtalès, 1869) (alternative spelling)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Hoggett AK, Rowe FWE (1986) A reappraisal of the family Comasteridae A. H. Clark, 1908 (Echinodermata: Crinoidea), with the description of a new subfamily and a new genus. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 88:103-142. [details]
Messing, C.; Gondim, A.I.; Markello, K.; Poatskievick Pierezan, B.; Taylor, K.; Eléaume, M. (2025). World List of Crinoidea. Davidaster Hoggett & Rowe, 1986. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=246678 on 2025-05-14
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Nomenclature
original description
Hoggett AK, Rowe FWE (1986) A reappraisal of the family Comasteridae A. H. Clark, 1908 (Echinodermata: Crinoidea), with the description of a new subfamily and a new genus. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 88:103-142. [details]
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Diagnosis Capillasterinae with brachials beyond the basal ones wedge-shaped, often longer than wide; mouth eccentric; pinnule combs absent beyond P3; primary comb teeth widely separated, confluent with lateral edge of segment, more or less straight; well [details]
