The World Asteroidea Database

Deep-Sea taxon details

Tosia Gray, 1840

Tosia australis aboral surface

AphiaID

123307 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:123307)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Pentagonasterinae Perrier, 1884

Direct children (6)

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Subgenus Tosia (Plinthaster) Verrill, 1899 accepted as Plinthaster Verrill, 1899
1. Species Tosia (Plinthaster) compta Verrill, 1899 accepted as Plinthaster dentatus (Perrier, 1884) (synonym)
2. Species Tosia (Plinthaster) nitida Verrill, 1899 accepted as Plinthaster dentatus (Perrier, 1884) (synonym)
Species Tosia ceramoidea Fisher, 1906 accepted as Plinthaster ceramoidea (Fisher, 1906)
Species Tosia micropelta Fisher, 1906 accepted as Peltaster micropeltus (Fisher, 1906)
Species Tosia parva (Perrier, 1881) accepted as Pawsonaster parvus (Perrier, 1881)

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Gray, J.E. (1840). XXXII. A synopsis of the genera and species of the class Hypostoma (Asterias, Linnaeus). Annals of the Magazine of Natural History. 6: 275-290., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2336044#page/309/mode/1up
page(s): 281 [details]

Descriptive notes

Taxonomic citation

Mah, C.L. (2024). World Asteroidea Database. Tosia Gray, 1840. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2024) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=123307 on 2024-05-08

Thematic species database citation

Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2024). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Tosia Gray, 1840. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/DeepSea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=123307 on 2024-05-08

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Hansson, Hans

2005-07-28 06:51:10Z

changed

Braeckman, Ulrike

2008-01-19 09:31:50Z

changed

Mah, Christopher

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original description Gray, J.E. (1840). XXXII. A synopsis of the genera and species of the class Hypostoma (Asterias, Linnaeus). Annals of the Magazine of Natural History. 6: 275-290., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2336044#page/309/mode/1up
page(s): 281 [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 IMIS) [details]

additional source Clark, A. M.; Downey, M. E. (1992). Starfishes of the Atlantic. Chapman & Hall Identification Guides, 3. Chapman & Hall. London, UK. ISBN 0-412-43280-3. xxvi, 794 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source Mah, C. (2007). Systematics, phylogeny and historical biogeography of the Pentagonaster clade (Asteroidea: Valvatida: Goniasteridae. Invertebrate Systematics. 21: 311-339., available online at https://doi.org/10.1071/IS06049 [details]

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Tosia australis aboral surface

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