Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Heliaster kubiniji
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Echinodermata
Class
Asteroidea
Order
Forcipulatida
Family
Heliasteridae
Genus
Heliaster
Species
kubiniji
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Heliaster kubiniji var. nigra Caso, 1944, fide Horton et al. (2021)
Origin: Native
- Horton, T. Horton, T., Kroh, A., Ahyong, S., Bailly, N., Boyko, C. B., Brandão, S. N., Gofas, S., Hooper, J. N. A., Hernandez, F., Holovachov, O., Mees, J., Molodtsova, T. N., Paulay, G., Decock, W., Dekeyzer, S., Poffyn, G., Vandepitte, L., Vanhoorne, B., Adlard, R., ... Zhao, Z. (2021) World Register of Marine Species. Available from https://www.marinespecies.org at VLIZ.
- Sonnenholzner, J. Brand, M., Francisco, V., Hearn, A., Luzuriaga, M., Guarderas, P & Navarro, J. (2013) Echinoderms of Ecuador. In: Alvarado, J & Solís-Marín, A. (eds.) (2013) Echinoderm research and Diversity in Latin America. 183-233 pp.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Heliaster kubiniji", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=18990. Accessed 1 November 2026.