Topic
Calliaster
About: Calliaster is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 4 publications have been published within this topic receiving 50 citations.
Papers
TL;DR: A cladistic analysis supports Evoplosoma as a derived deep water lineage relative to its continental-shelf, shallow water sister taxa and Hippasteria caribaea is reassigned to the genus Gilbertaster, which previously contained a single Pacific species.
51 citations
1 Jan 1999
TL;DR: Taiwan's starfish fauna is revises, listing 31 valid species in 10 families, including 10 newly recorded asteroids collected by scuba and skin diving in reef areas, and by trawling off the Taiwan coast.
Abstract: Shyh-Min Chao (1999) Revision of Taiwan starfish (Echinodermata: Asteroidea), with description of ten new records. Zoological Studies 38(4): 405-415. This paper revises Taiwan's starfish fauna, listing 31 valid species in 10 families. A key to the 31 species is included. In addition, 10 newly recorded asteroids collected by scuba and skin diving in reef areas, and by trawling off the Taiwan coast are described: Asterina orthodon Fisher, Nepanthia belcheri (Perrier) (Asterinidae), Asteropsis carinifera (Lamarck) (Asteropseidae), Echinaster callosus von Marenzeller (Echinasteridae), Anthenea chinensis (Gray) (Oreasteridae), Calliaster childreni Gray, Stellasteropsis colubrinus Macan (Goniasteridae), Cistina columbiae Gray, Linckia multifora (Lamarck) (Linckiidae), and Neoferdina insolita Livingstone (Ophidiasteridae). Species accounts and figures of these 10 species are presented.
7 citations
Performance Metrics
| Year | Papers |
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| 2011 | 1 |
| 2010 | 1 |
| 1999 | 1 |
| 1981 | 1 |