The World Asteroidea Database - Tosia lamarcki (Müller & Troschel, 1842)

Asteroidea name details

Tosia lamarcki (Müller & Troschel, 1842)

AphiaID

378051 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:378051)

Classification

Status

unaccepted

Accepted name

Pentagonaster lamarcki (Müller & Troschel, 1842) accepted as Goniaster tessellatus (Lamarck, 1816)

Rank

Species

Parent

Tosia Gray, 1840

Original name

Astrogonium lamarcki Müller & Troschel, 1842

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

(of Astrogonium lamarcki Müller & Troschel, 1842) Müller, J. and Troschel, F. H. (1842). System der Asteriden.1. Asteriae. 2. Ophiuridae. <em>Vieweg: Braunschweig.</em> xxx+134 pp. 12 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/44159
page(s): 56 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Mah, C.L. (2025). World Asteroidea Database. Tosia lamarcki (Müller & Troschel, 1842). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Asteroidea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=378051 on 2026-08-14

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2008-12-17 01:25:53Z

created

Mah, Christopher

2017-05-22 18:22:17Z

changed

Mah, Christopher

2023-12-28 20:03:49Z

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Mah, Christopher

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Sources (2)

original description (of Astrogonium lamarcki Müller & Troschel, 1842) Müller, J. and Troschel, F. H. (1842). System der Asteriden.1. Asteriae. 2. Ophiuridae. <em>Vieweg: Braunschweig.</em> xxx+134 pp. 12 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/44159
page(s): 56 [details]

new combination reference Gray, J.E. (1866). Synopsis of the Species of Starfish in the British Museum (with figures of some of the new species). 18 pp., 16 plates., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11715486
page(s): 11 [details]