Gephyreaster Fisher 1910

Kobayashi, Itaru, Sonoyama, Takayuki, Hibino, Mai, Kawano, Mitsuhisa & Kohtsuka, Hisanori, 2024, Pseudarchasteridae (Asteroidea: Paxillosida) in Japanese waters, with description of a new species and range extension of three species, Journal of Natural History 58 (25 - 28), pp. 949-964 : 950

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.1080/00222933.2024.2377336
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13772839
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Genus Gephyreaster Fisher 1910 View in CoL

[New Japanese name: Daiou-momiji-hitode-zoku]

Gephyreaster Fisher 1910, p. 171 View in CoL ; 1911: 175; 1919: 216; 1940: 82

Gephyriaster Spencer and Wright, 1966 : U65 (misspelling)

Type species. Mimaster swifti Fisher 1905 View in CoL , by original designation, monotypy.

Diagnosis. Disc broad, flat, interradial margin evenly curved, multiple abactinal series extend to arm tip. Marginals paxilliform, narrow, no unpaired interradial marginals.

Etymology of Japanese name. The Japanese name ‘daiou’ means king, alluding to the relatively large body size among Pseudarchasteridae genera, and ‘momiji-hitode’ follows the Japanese name of the family Pseudarchasteridae .