Lophaster

Familia: Solasteridae
Genus:
Species: L. asiaticus – L. cactorum – L. densus – L. furcifer – L. furcilliger – L. gaini – L. quadrispinus – L. stellans – L. suluensis – L. tenuis – L. verrilli

Lophaster Verrill, 1878

Type species: Solaster furcifer Düben & Koren, 1846, by monotypy.

• Lophaster Verrill, 1878: 214; — Sladen, 1889: 458–459; — Fisher, 1911: 334; 1940: 170; — McKnight, 2006; 9; — Mah & Fujita, 2020: 70–71.
• Sarkaster Ludwig, 1905: 185.
  • Type species: Sarkaster validus Ludwig, 1905, by monotypy.
  • Synonymised by Fisher (1911: 334).

• Fisher, W.K. 1911. Asteroidea of the North Pacific and adjacent waters. Part 1. Phanerozonia and Spinulosida. Bulletin of the United States National Museum. 76(1): xiii+420 pp.; 122 pls. BHL Reference page. 
• Fisher, W.K. 1940. Asteroidea. Discovery Reports. 20: 69–306. BHL Reference page. 
• Ludwig, H. 1905. Asterroidea. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. 32: vii–xii, 1–292. BHL Reference page. 
• Mah, C.L. & Fujita, T. 2020. New species and occurrence records of Japanese Solasteridae and Ganeriidae including a new species of Paralophaster from the North Pacific with an overview of Hyalinothrix. Zootaxa. 4750(1): 67–100. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4750.1.4 Reference page. 
• McKnight, D.G. 2006. The marine fauna of New Zealand: Asteroidea (sea-stars). 3. Orders Velatida, Spinulosida, Forcipulatida, Brisingida with addenda to Paxillosida, Valvatida. NIWA biodiversity memoir. 120: 1–187. PDF Reference page. 
• Sladen, P. 1889. Report on the Asteroidea. Report on the scientific results of the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-76 Part 51, Zoology 30: i–xlii, 1–893. BHL Reference page. 
• Verrill, A.E. 1878. Notice of recent additions to the marine fauna of the eastern coast of North America. No. 1. American Journal of Science. ser. 3(16): 207-215. BHL Reference page.