Eknomiaster H.E.S. Clark 2001

Mah, Christopher L., 2018, New genera, species and occurrence records of Goniasteridae (Asteroidea; Echinodermata) from the Indian Ocean, Zootaxa 4539 (1), pp. 1-116 : 32

Eknomiaster H.E.S. Clark 2001 in Clark & McKnight 2001

H.E.S. Clark 2001: 40; Mah 2007: 316.

Diagnosis. Body shape pentagonal (R/r=1.47–1.55), interradial arcs weakly curved to straight. Abactinal plates, polygonal, bare, smooth with no surficial accessories. Marginal plates, blocky, smooth with no surficial accessories, enlarged with five to eight per interradius. Actinal surface covered by granules, pedicellariae of varying types. Furrow spines three to seven.

Comments. As outlined by Mah (2007) this genus was supported as a member of the Pentagonaster clade, showing morphological affinities with the Pacific Pentagonaster and Tosia . This represents the first occurrence of this genus in the Indian Ocean.