The World Asteroidea Database - Allostichaster Verrill, 1914

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Allostichaster Verrill, 1914

AphiaID

178783 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:178783)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Stichasteridae Perrier, 1885

Direct children (8)

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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

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

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]

Taxonomic citation

Mah, C.L. (2025). World Asteroidea Database. Allostichaster Verrill, 1914. Accessed through: Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025) Marine Species Traits at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=178783 on 2025-04-29

Thematic species database citation

Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025). Marine Species Traits. Allostichaster Verrill, 1914. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=178783 on 2025-04-29

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-08-05 07:22:50Z

created

Aracina, Claudia

2008-01-19 09:31:50Z

changed

Mah, Christopher

2011-06-27 21:58:12Z

changed

Mah, Christopher

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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]

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. NIWA Biodiversity Memoir. 120: 1-187., available online at http://docs.niwa.co.nz/library/public/NIWAbm120.pdf [details] Available for editors

basis of record 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 Rowe, F. W. E.; Gates, J. (1995). Echinodermata. In: Wells, A.; Houston, W.W.K. (Ed.) Zoological catalogue of Australia, 33. CSIRO: Melbourne. ISBN 0-643-05696-3. XIII. 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

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Introduced: alien

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