MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Psilaster andromeda (Müller & Troschel, 1842)

ERMS taxon details

Psilaster andromeda (Müller & Troschel, 1842)

AphiaID

123908 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:123908)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Psilaster Sladen, 1885

Original name

Astropecten andromeda Müller & Troschel, 1842

Synonymised names

Archaster andromeda (Müller & Troschel, 1842) · unaccepted

Archaster christi (Düben & Koren in Düben, 1844) · unaccepted (Synonym according to Sladen (1889))

Astropecten andromeda Müller & Troschel, 1842 · unaccepted

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Subspecies Psilaster andromeda andromeda (Müller & Troschel, 1842)
Variety Psilaster andromeda var. cassiope Sladen, 1889 accepted as Psilaster cassiope Sladen, 1889 (synonym)

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

(of Astropecten andromeda Müller & Troschel, 1842) Müller, J. and Troschel, F. H. (1842). System der Asteriden.1. Asteriae. 2. Ophiuridae. Vieweg: Braunschweig. xxx+134 pp. 12 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/44159
page(s): 129 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Mah, C.L. (2025). World Asteroidea Database. Psilaster andromeda (Müller & Troschel, 1842). Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=123908 on 2026-04-26

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Psilaster andromeda (Müller & Troschel, 1842). Accessed at: http://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=123908 on 2026-04-26

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Hansson, Hans

2009-01-11 20:59:00Z

changed

Mah, Christopher

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original description (of Archaster christi (Düben & Koren in Düben, 1844)) Düben, M.W. (1844). Norriges Hafs-fauna. Öfversigt af Kongl. Vetenskaps-akademiens forhandlingar. (1) pp. 110-116., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2603105
page(s): 113 [details]

original description (of Astropecten andromeda Müller & Troschel, 1842) Müller, J. and Troschel, F. H. (1842). System der Asteriden.1. Asteriae. 2. Ophiuridae. Vieweg: Braunschweig. xxx+134 pp. 12 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/44159
page(s): 129 [details]

context source (Deepsea) Dilman A.B. (2014). Deep-sea fauna of European seas: An annotated species check-list of benthic invertebrates living deeper than 2000 m in the seas bordering Europe. Asteroidea. Invertebrate Zoology. Vol.11. No.1: 25–42 [in English]., available online at https://doi.org/10.15298/invertzool.11.1.05 [details] Available for editors

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]

additional source Hansson, H. G. (1998). NEAT (North East Atlantic Taxa): Scandinavian Echinodermata Check-List (Comp.). , available online at https://www.gu.se/sites/default/files/2020-10/NEAT%2AEchinodermata.pdf [details]