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Chitonaster  Sladen, 1889
Taxonomic Serial No.: 988932

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
  Synonym(s): Pentoplia H. E. S. Clark, 1971
  
  Common Name(s):    
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2014   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumEchinodermata Bruguière, 1791 [ex Klein, 1734] – echinoderms, échinodermes, bolacha da praia, equinoderma, equinodermata, estrela do mar, ouriço do mar  
             SubphylumAsterozoa   
                ClassAsteroidea de Blainville, 1830 – étoiles de mer, stelléridés, estrela do mar, sea stars, starfishes, starfish, estrella de mar  
                   SuperorderValvatacea Blake, 1987  
                      OrderValvatida Perrier, 1884  
                         FamilyGoniasteridae Forbes, 1841  
                            GenusChitonaster Sladen, 1889  
    Direct Children:  
                               SpeciesChitonaster cataphractus Sladen, 1889  
                               SpeciesChitonaster felli (H. E. S. Clark, 1971)  
                               SpeciesChitonaster johannae Koehler, 1908  
                               SpeciesChitonaster trangae Mah, 2011  
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Christopher Mah   
  Notes: Research Collaborator, Department of Invertebrate Zoology (MRC163), National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20560-0163   
  Reference for: Chitonaster    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: WoRMS - World Asteroidea Database, database (version undefined)  
  Acquired: 2014   
  Notes: Mah, C.L. (2014) World Asteroidea database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org   
  Reference for: Chitonaster   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Mah, Christopher L.   
  Publication Date: 2011   
  Article/Chapter Title: Taxonomy of High-Latitude Goniasteridae (Subantarctic & Antarctic): one new genus, and three new species with an overview and key to taxa   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Zootaxa, issue 2759   
  Page(s): 1-48   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 1175-5326   
  Notes: Available online at http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/list/2011/2759.html   
  Reference for: Chitonaster   
       

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