WoRMS taxon details
Asteropsis carinifera (Lamarck, 1816)
213177 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:213177)
accepted
Species
Asterias carinifera Lamarck, 1816 · unaccepted (Basyonym)
Asterope carinifera (Müller & Troschel, 1842) · unaccepted
Gymnasteria biserrata von Martens, 1866 · unaccepted (Synonym according to de Loriol (1885))
Gymnasteria carinifera (Lamarck, 1816) · unaccepted
Gymnasteria spinosa Gray, 1840 · unaccepted (synonym according to Perrier (1875))
Gymnasteria valvulata Perrier, 1875 · unaccepted
Gymnasterias carinifera (Lamarck, 1816) · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Asterias carinifera Lamarck, 1816) Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de. (1816). Asterie. <em>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertebres.</em> 2: 547-568., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13299321
page(s): 556 [details]
page(s): 556 [details]
Description Colour in life: pale grey with irregular brown markings, uniformly pale grey below.
Some with commensal polynoid...
Some with commensal polynoid...
Description Colour in life: pale grey with irregular brown markings, uniformly pale grey below.
Some with commensal polynoid Hololepidella nigropuntata (Humphreys, 1981).
Also recorded in SE Arabia, Ceylon, east Indies, north Australia, Philippine, China, south Japan, south Pacific Is? And Hawaiian Is. (Clark & Rowe, 1971); Lakshadweep (India) (Sastry, 1991); Australia (Rowe & Gates, 1995).
General distribution: East coast of Africa to Hawaiian Islands (Sastry, 1991); tropical, Indo-Pacific Ocean, depth range 0-15 m. (Rowe & Gates, 1995).
Ecology: benthic, inshore (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]
Some with commensal polynoid Hololepidella nigropuntata (Humphreys, 1981).
Also recorded in SE Arabia, Ceylon, east Indies, north Australia, Philippine, China, south Japan, south Pacific Is? And Hawaiian Is. (Clark & Rowe, 1971); Lakshadweep (India) (Sastry, 1991); Australia (Rowe & Gates, 1995).
General distribution: East coast of Africa to Hawaiian Islands (Sastry, 1991); tropical, Indo-Pacific Ocean, depth range 0-15 m. (Rowe & Gates, 1995).
Ecology: benthic, inshore (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]
Mah, C.L. (2025). World Asteroidea Database. Asteropsis carinifera (Lamarck, 1816). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=213177 on 2025-03-29
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2000-09-25 12:31:29Z
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Garcia, Maria
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Asterias carinifera Lamarck, 1816) Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de. (1816). Asterie. <em>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertebres.</em> 2: 547-568., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13299321
page(s): 556 [details]
original description (of Gymnasteria biserrata von Martens, 1866) Martens, E. von. (1866). Ueber ostasiatische Echinodermen. 3. Seesterne des indischen Archipels. <em>Archiv für Naturgeschichte.</em> 32: 57-88., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7060827 [details]
original description (of Gymnasteria spinosa Gray, 1840) Gray, J.E. (1840). XXXII. A synopsis of the genera and species of the class Hypostoma (<i>Asterias</i>, Linnaeus). <em>Annals of the Magazine of Natural History.</em> 6: 275-290., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2336044#page/309/mode/1up
page(s): 278 [details]
original description (of Gymnasteria valvulata Perrier, 1875) Perrier, E. (1875). Révision de la collection de stellérides du Museum d'Histoire naturelle de Paris. Paris, Reinwald. 384 p., available online at https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044107304818&view=1up&seq=338
page(s): 283 [details]
basis of record Clark, A. M.; Rowe, F. W. E. (1971). Monograph of shallow-water indo-west Pacific Echinoderms. <em>Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History).</em> London. x + 238 p. + 30 pls., available online at http://www.abctaxa.be/downloads/additional-information-volume-1/works-famous-holothuroid-workers/fwe-rowe/MonographIndoWestPacific.pdf [details]
page(s): 556 [details]
original description (of Gymnasteria biserrata von Martens, 1866) Martens, E. von. (1866). Ueber ostasiatische Echinodermen. 3. Seesterne des indischen Archipels. <em>Archiv für Naturgeschichte.</em> 32: 57-88., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7060827 [details]
original description (of Gymnasteria spinosa Gray, 1840) Gray, J.E. (1840). XXXII. A synopsis of the genera and species of the class Hypostoma (<i>Asterias</i>, Linnaeus). <em>Annals of the Magazine of Natural History.</em> 6: 275-290., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2336044#page/309/mode/1up
page(s): 278 [details]
original description (of Gymnasteria valvulata Perrier, 1875) Perrier, E. (1875). Révision de la collection de stellérides du Museum d'Histoire naturelle de Paris. Paris, Reinwald. 384 p., available online at https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044107304818&view=1up&seq=338
page(s): 283 [details]
basis of record Clark, A. M.; Rowe, F. W. E. (1971). Monograph of shallow-water indo-west Pacific Echinoderms. <em>Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History).</em> London. x + 238 p. + 30 pls., available online at http://www.abctaxa.be/downloads/additional-information-volume-1/works-famous-holothuroid-workers/fwe-rowe/MonographIndoWestPacific.pdf [details]
Other
additional source
Bell, F. J. (1884). Echinodermata. In: R.W. Coppinger (ed): Report on the Zoological Collections made in the indo-pacific Ocean during the voyage of HMS Alert, 1881-2. <em>London.</em> [details]
additional source Ludwig, H. (1899). Echinodermen des Sansibargebietes. <em>Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft, Bonn.</em> 21(1): 537-563., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26416428 [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]
additional source Ludwig, H. (1899). Echinodermen des Sansibargebietes. <em>Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft, Bonn.</em> 21(1): 537-563., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26416428 [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Description Colour in life: pale grey with irregular brown markings, uniformly pale grey below.Some with commensal polynoid Hololepidella nigropuntata (Humphreys, 1981).
Also recorded in SE Arabia, Ceylon, east Indies, north Australia, Philippine, China, south Japan, south Pacific Is? And Hawaiian Is. (Clark & Rowe, 1971); Lakshadweep (India) (Sastry, 1991); Australia (Rowe & Gates, 1995).
General distribution: East coast of Africa to Hawaiian Islands (Sastry, 1991); tropical, Indo-Pacific Ocean, depth range 0-15 m. (Rowe & Gates, 1995).
Ecology: benthic, inshore (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]
Remark Placed in family Asteropidae in Clark & Rowe (1971).
Type data: status undetermined in Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris (France). Type locality: unknown (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]
To Barcode of Life (13 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications) (from synonym Gymnasterias carinifera (Lamarck, 1816))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (17 publications) (from synonym Asterias carinifera Lamarck, 1816)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (27 publications) (from synonym Gymnasteria carinifera (Lamarck, 1816))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (29 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Asterope carinifera (Müller & Troschel, 1842))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Asteropsis carinifera)
To GenBank (18 nucleotides; 7 proteins)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Asterias carinifera Lamarck, 1816)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (54 records)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications) (from synonym Gymnasterias carinifera (Lamarck, 1816))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (17 publications) (from synonym Asterias carinifera Lamarck, 1816)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (27 publications) (from synonym Gymnasteria carinifera (Lamarck, 1816))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (29 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Asterope carinifera (Müller & Troschel, 1842))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Asteropsis carinifera)
To GenBank (18 nucleotides; 7 proteins)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Asterias carinifera Lamarck, 1816)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (54 records)
To ITIS
