Biology:Calliderma (sea star)

Calliderma; Temporal range: 94.3–48.6 Ma PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Echinodermata
Class:	Asteroidea
Order:	Valvatida
Family:	Goniasteridae
Genus:	†Calliderma; Gray, 1847
Species
	Calliderma (Mastaster) Wright and Wright 1940; Calliderma atagensis Valette 1925; Calliderma emma Gray, 1847; Calliderma juigneti Breton 1988; Calliderma moreaui Néraudeau and Breton 1993; Calliderma smithiae (Forbes 1848); Calliderma viaudi Breton 1988;

Short description: Extinct genus of sea stars

Calliderma is an extinct genus of sea stars in the family Goniasteridae. Species are known from the Cretaceous to the Eocene.

References

↑ J. E. Gray. 1847. Description of some new genera and species of Asteriadae. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1847, pages 72-82

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