The World Asteroidea Database - Pyrenaster Verrill, 1899

Asteroidea name details

Pyrenaster Verrill, 1899

AphiaID

146076 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:146076)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (Synonym according to Fisher (1911))

Accepted Name

Plinthaster Verrill, 1899

Rank

Genus

Parent

Goniasteridae Forbes, 1841

Direct children (2)

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Species Pyrenaster affinis (Perrier, 1884) accepted as Ceramaster grenadensis (Perrier, 1881) (Synonym according to Halpern (1970))
Species Pyrenaster dentatus (Perrier, 1884) accepted as Plinthaster dentatus (Perrier, 1884) (Subsequent combination by Verrill (1899))

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Verrill, A. E. (1899). Revision of certain genera and species of starfishes, with descriptions of new forms. Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences. 10(1): 145-234., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13456950#page/175/mode/1up
page(s): 166 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Mah, C.L. (2021). World Asteroidea Database. Pyrenaster Verrill, 1899. Accessed at: http://www.marinespecies.org/asteroidea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=146076 on 2024-04-18

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Hansson, Hans

2008-12-16 03:48:43Z

changed

Mah, Christopher

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Sources (2)

original description Verrill, A. E. (1899). Revision of certain genera and species of starfishes, with descriptions of new forms. Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences. 10(1): 145-234., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13456950#page/175/mode/1up
page(s): 166 [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]