Zoroaster (echinoderm)

Zoroaster
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Echinodermata
Class:	Asteroidea
Order:	Forcipulatida
Family:	Zoroasteridae
Genus:	Zoroaster Wyville Thomson, 1873
Type species
Zoroaster fulgens Wyville Thomson, 1873

Zoroaster is a genus of sea stars belonging to the family Zoroasteridae.

Description

The species of this genus are found in the Atlantic Ocean, Pacific Ocean, etc. ^[1]

Species

These species belong to the genus Zoroaster: ^[1]

• Zoroaster actinocles Fisher, 1919
• Zoroaster adami Koehler, 1909
• Zoroaster alfredi Alcock, 1893
• Zoroaster alternicanthus McKnight, 2006
• Zoroaster angulatus Alcock, 1893
• Zoroaster barathri Alcock, 1893
• Zoroaster carinatus Alcock, 1893
• Zoroaster fulgens Wyville Thomson, 1873
• Zoroaster hirsutus Ludwig, 1905
• Zoroaster macracantha H.L. Clark, 1916
• Zoroaster magnificus Ludwig, 1905
• Zoroaster microporus Fisher, 1916
• Zoroaster ophiactis Fisher, 1916
• Zoroaster ophiurus Fisher, 1905
• Zoroaster orientalis Hayashi, 1943
• Zoroaster planus Alcock, 1893
• Zoroaster singletoni McKnight, 2006
• Zoroaster spinulosus Fisher, 1906
• Zoroaster tenuis Sladen, 1889
• Zoroaster variacanthus McKnight, 2006

References

1. "Zoroaster Wyville Thomson, 1873". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 23 February 2024.

External links

• Media related to Zoroaster (genus) at Wikimedia Commons
• Data related to Zoroaster (echinoderm) at Wikispecies