MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Astropectinidae Gray, 1840

ERMS taxon details

Astropectinidae Gray, 1840


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AphiaID

123127 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:123127)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Family

Parent

Paxillosida

Synonymised names

Plutonasteridae Sladen, 1899

Direct children (19)
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Genus Astropecten Gray, 1840
Genus Bathybiaster Danielssen & Koren, 1883
Genus Dytaster Sladen, 1889
Genus Leptychaster E. A. Smith, 1876
Genus Lonchotaster Sladen, 1889
Genus Persephonaster Wood-Mason & Alcock, 1891
Genus Plutonaster Sladen, 1889
Genus Psilaster Sladen, 1885
Genus Tethyaster Sladen, 1889

Genus Crenaster Perrier, 1885 non d'Orbigny, 1850 accepted as Dytaster Sladen, 1889 (synonym)
Genus Ilyaster Danielssen & Koren, 1883 accepted as Bathybiaster Danielssen & Koren, 1883 (synonym according to Koehler (1909))
Genus Leptoptychaster E. A. Smith, 1879 accepted as Leptychaster E. A. Smith, 1876 (Synonym of Leptychaster according to Fisher (1911))
Genus Moiraster Sladen, 1889 accepted as Tethyaster Sladen, 1889 (synonym according to A.M. & A.H. Clark (1954))
Genus Phidiaster Koehler, 1909 accepted as Psilaster Sladen, 1885 (Synonym according to Fisher (1911))
Genus Phoxaster Sladen, 1889 accepted as Bathybiaster Danielssen & Koren, 1883 (Synonym according to Fisher (1940))
Genus Psilasteropsis Fisher, 1906 accepted as Persephonaster Wood-Mason & Alcock, 1891 (Synonym according to Koehler (1909))
Genus Ripaster Koehler, 1906 accepted as Psilaster Sladen, 1885 (Synonym according to Fisher (1940))
Genus Sideriaster Verrill, 1899 accepted as Tethyaster Sladen, 1889 (synonym according to A.M. & A.H. Clark (1954))
Genus Stellaria Nardo, 1834 accepted as Astropecten Gray, 1840 (synonym according to Fisher (1908). Also a homonym of Nardo Moller 1832 (Mollusca-a xenophorid snail).)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Original description

Gray, J.E. (1840). XXII. A synopsis of the genera and species of the class Hypostoma (Asterias, Linnaeus). Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 6: 175-184., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2335959
page(s): 180 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Mah, C.L. (2018). World Asteroidea Database. Astropectinidae Gray, 1840. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2018) European Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=123127 on 2019-10-15

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2019). European Register of Marine Species. Astropectinidae Gray, 1840. Accessed at: http://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=123127 on 2019-10-15

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Hansson, Hans

2008-01-19 09:31:50Z

changed

Mah, Christopher

Licensing

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original description Gray, J.E. (1840). XXII. A synopsis of the genera and species of the class Hypostoma (Asterias, Linnaeus). Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 6: 175-184., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2335959
page(s): 180 [details]

original description (of Plutonasteridae Sladen, 1899) Sladen, W.P. (1889). Report on the Asteroidea. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–1876. Zoology. 30 (part 51): xlii + 893 pages, 118 plates., available online at http://www.19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-51/README.htm
page(s): xxvii, 60 [details]

basis of record Hansson, H.G. (2001). Echinodermata, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,. 50: pp. 336-351. (look up in RoR) [details]

identification resource Doderlein, L. (1917). Die Asteriden der Siboga-Expedition. 1. Die Gattung Astropecten und ihre Stammesgeschichte. Siboga-Expedition. 46a: 1-190., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11717817 [details]

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