Odontaster

Odontaster is a genus of sea stars. The type species is Odontaster hispidus.

Odontaster
Odontaster validus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Echinodermata
Class:	Asteroidea
Order:	Valvatida
Family:	Odontasteridae
Genus:	Odontaster Verrill, 1880 [1]
Species
See text.
Synonyms[1]
Asterodon Perrier, 1891 Epidontaster Koehler, 1920 Gnathaster Sladen, 1889 Gnathodon Verrill, 1899 (non G.B.Sowerby I, 1832: preoccupied) Gymnognathaster Döderlein, 1928 Peridontaster Koehler, 1920

Species

The following species are listed in the World Register of Marine Species:^[1]

• Odontaster aucklandensis McKnight, 1973
• Odontaster australis H.L.Clark, 1926
• Odontaster benhami (Mortensen, 1925)
• Odontaster crassus Fisher, 1905
• Odontaster hispidus Verrill, 1880
• Odontaster mediterraneus (Marenzeller, 1893)
• Odontaster meridionalis (E.A. Smith, 1876)
• Odontaster pearsei Janosik & Halanych, 2010
• Odontaster penicillatus (Philippi, 1870)
• Odontaster robustus Verrill, 1899
• Odontaster rosagemmae McKnight, 2001
• Odontaster roseus Janosik & Halanych, 2010
• Odontaster setosus (Verrill, 1899)
• Odontaster validus Koehler, 1906