Zool. [mod.L., f. sōl sun + aster, Gr. ἀστήρ star.] A genus of starfishes, typical of those having more than five rays; a member of this genus, a sun-star.
1841. E. Forbes, Brit. Star-fishes, 110. The Solasters are suns in the system of sea-stars.
1842. Penny Cycl., XXIII. 17/1. Those which have the body radiated,… comprising the genera Solaster and Pentaster of De Blainville.
1860. Wraxall, Life in Sea, ix. 224. The Solasters, or Sun-stars, have only two rows of suckers in each furrow.
