WoRMS taxon details
Allostichaster Verrill, 1914
- Species Allostichaster capensis (Perrier, 1875)
- Species Allostichaster farquhari McKnight, 2006
- Species Allostichaster hartii (Rathbun, 1879)
- Species Allostichaster insignis (Farquhar, 1895)
- Species Allostichaster palmula Benavides-Serrato & O'Loughlin, 2007
- Species Allostichaster peleensis Marsh, 1974
- Species Allostichaster polyplax (Müller & Troschel, 1844)
- Species Allostichaster regularis H.L. Clark, 1928
- Species Allostichaster hebes (Verrill, 1915) accepted as Allostichaster capensis (Perrier, 1875) (Synonym according to Madsen (1956) and then A.M. Clark in Clark & Downey (1992))
- Species Allostichaster inaequalis Koehler, 1923 accepted as Allostichaster capensis (Perrier, 1875) (Synonym according to Madsen (1956))
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Verrill, A.E. (1914). Monograph of the shallow-water starfishes of the North Pacific coast from the Arctic Ocean to California. Harriman Alaska series: US National Museum 14: 1-408 pp., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/20755223
page(s): 363 [details]
page(s): 363 [details]
Mah, C.L. (2025). World Asteroidea Database. Allostichaster Verrill, 1914. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=178783 on 2025-03-27
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2005-08-05 07:22:50Z
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Aracina, Claudia
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Nomenclature
original description
Verrill, A.E. (1914). Monograph of the shallow-water starfishes of the North Pacific coast from the Arctic Ocean to California. Harriman Alaska series: US National Museum 14: 1-408 pp., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/20755223
page(s): 363 [details]
basis of record Clark, A. M.; Downey, M. E. (1992). Starfishes of the Atlantic. <i>Chapman & Hall Identification Guides</i>, 3. Chapman & Hall. London, UK. ISBN 0-412-43280-3. xxvi, 794 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
page(s): 363 [details]
basis of record Clark, A. M.; Downey, M. E. (1992). Starfishes of the Atlantic. <i>Chapman & Hall Identification Guides</i>, 3. Chapman & Hall. London, UK. ISBN 0-412-43280-3. xxvi, 794 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
Other
context source (Deepsea)
McKnight, D. G. (2006). The marine fauna of New Zealand, Echinodermata: Asteroidea (Sea-stars). 3. Orders Velatida, Spinulosida, Forcipulatida, Brisingida with addenda to Paxillosida, Valvatida. <em>NIWA Biodiversity Memoir.</em> 120: 1-187., available online at http://docs.niwa.co.nz/library/public/NIWAbm120.pdf [details] Available for editors 
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additional source Rowe, F. W. E.; Gates, J. (1995). Echinodermata. <em>In: Wells, A.; Houston, W.W.K. (Ed.) Zoological catalogue of Australia, 33. CSIRO: Melbourne. ISBN 0-643-05696-3. XIII.</em> 510 pp. [details]
additional source Mah, C.L.; McKnight, D.G.; Eagle, M.K.; Pawson, D.L.; Améziane, N.; Vance, D.J.; Baker, A.N.; Clark, H.E.S.; Davey, N. (2009). Phylum Echinodermata: sea stars, brittle stars, sea urchins, sea cucumbers, sea lilies. In: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. pp. 371-400. [details]
[request]additional source Rowe, F. W. E.; Gates, J. (1995). Echinodermata. <em>In: Wells, A.; Houston, W.W.K. (Ed.) Zoological catalogue of Australia, 33. CSIRO: Melbourne. ISBN 0-643-05696-3. XIII.</em> 510 pp. [details]
additional source Mah, C.L.; McKnight, D.G.; Eagle, M.K.; Pawson, D.L.; Améziane, N.; Vance, D.J.; Baker, A.N.; Clark, H.E.S.; Davey, N. (2009). Phylum Echinodermata: sea stars, brittle stars, sea urchins, sea cucumbers, sea lilies. In: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. pp. 371-400. [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
