Asteroidea taxon details
Hippasteria Gray, 1840
123297 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:123297)
accepted
Genus
Cryptopeltaster Fisher, 1905 · unaccepted (Synonym according to Mah et al. (2014))
Hippasteria (Euhippasteria) Dons, 1937 · unaccepted
Hippasteria (Nehippasteria) Dons, 1938 · unaccepted
Hippasteria pacifica Ludwig, 1905 · unaccepted (Synonym according to Fisher (1911))
- Species Hippasteria antiqua Fell, 1956 †
- Species Hippasteria californica Fisher, 1905
- Species Hippasteria capstonei Mah, 2022
- Species Hippasteria falklandica Fisher, 1940
- Species Hippasteria heathi Fisher, 1905
- Species Hippasteria imperialis Goto, 1914
- Species Hippasteria leiopelta Fisher, 1910
- Species Hippasteria lepidonotus (Fisher, 1905)
- Species Hippasteria mcknighti Mah, Neill, Eleaume & Foltz, 2014
- Species Hippasteria muscipula Mah, Neill, Eleaume & Foltz, 2014
- Species Hippasteria nozawai Goto, 1914
- Species Hippasteria phrygiana (Parelius, 1768)
- Species Hippasteria tiburoni Mah, Neill, Eleaume & Foltz, 2014
- Subgenus Hippasteria (Euhippasteria) Dons, 1937 accepted as Hippasteria Gray, 1840
- Subgenus Hippasteria (Nehippasteria) Dons, 1938 accepted as Hippasteria Gray, 1840
- Species Hippasteria (Nehippasteria) insignis Dons, 1937 accepted as Hippasteria phrygiana phrygiana (Parelius, 1768) accepted as Hippasteria phrygiana (Parelius, 1768) (synonym)
- Species Hippasteria aculeata Djakonov, 1950 accepted as Hippasteria leiopelta Fisher, 1910
- Species Hippasteria aleutica Clark & Jewett, 2011 accepted as Hippasteria phrygiana (Parelius, 1768) (Synonym according to Mah et al. (2014))
- Species Hippasteria argentinensis Bernasconi, 1961 accepted as Hippasteria phrygiana argentinensis Bernasconi, 1961 accepted as Hippasteria phrygiana (Parelius, 1768) (Subspecies according to Downey in Clark & Downey (1992))
- Species Hippasteria armata Fisher, 1911 accepted as Hippasteria spinosa Verrill, 1909 accepted as Hippasteria phrygiana (Parelius, 1768)
- Species Hippasteria caribaea Verrill, 1899 accepted as Gilbertaster caribaea (Verrill, 1899) (placed into Gilbertaster by Mah et al. (2010))
- Species Hippasteria colossa Djakonov, 1950 accepted as Hippasteria phrygiana (Parelius, 1768) (Synonym according to Mah et al. (2014))
- Species Hippasteria cornuta Gray, 1840 accepted as Hippasteria phrygiana phrygiana (Parelius, 1768) accepted as Hippasteria phrygiana (Parelius, 1768) (synonym according to Sladen (1889))
- Species Hippasteria derjungini Djakonov, 1950 accepted as Hippasteria phrygiana (Parelius, 1768) (Synonym according to Mah et al. (2014))
- Species Hippasteria europaea Gray, 1840 accepted as Hippasteria phrygiana phrygiana (Parelius, 1768) accepted as Hippasteria phrygiana (Parelius, 1768) (synonym of Astrogonium (=Hippasteria) phrygiana (Parelius, 1768) according to Muller & Troschel, 1842)
- Species Hippasteria hyadesi Perrier, 1891 accepted as Hippasteria phrygiana (Parelius, 1768)
- Species Hippasteria insignis Dons, 1937 accepted as Hippasteria phrygiana (Parelius, 1768)
- Species Hippasteria johnstoni (Gray, 1836) accepted as Hippasteria phrygiana (Parelius, 1768) (synonym according to Muller and Troschel (1842))
- Species Hippasteria kurilensis Fisher, 1911 accepted as Hippasteria phrygiana (Parelius, 1768) (Synonym according to Mah et al. (2014))
- Species Hippasteria longimana Djakonov, 1950 accepted as Hippasteria leiopelta Fisher, 1910
- Species Hippasteria magellanica Perrier, 1888 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
- Species Hippasteria mammifera Djakonov, 1950 accepted as Hippasteria phrygiana (Parelius, 1768) (Synonym according to Mah et al. (2014))
- Species Hippasteria pacifica Ludwig, 1905 accepted as Cryptopeltaster Fisher, 1905 accepted as Hippasteria Gray, 1840 (Synonym according to Fisher (1911))
- Species Hippasteria pedicellaris Djakonov, 1950 accepted as Hippasteria phrygiana (Parelius, 1768) (Synonym according to Mah et al. (2014))
- Species Hippasteria philippinensis Domantay & Roxas, 1938 accepted as Culcita novaeguineae Müller & Troschel, 1842 (Synonym according to A.H. Clark (1949))
- Species Hippasteria plana Gray, 1840 accepted as Hippasteria phrygiana phrygiana (Parelius, 1768) accepted as Hippasteria phrygiana (Parelius, 1768) (synonym according to Mortensen (1927))
- Species Hippasteria spinosa Verrill, 1909 accepted as Hippasteria phrygiana (Parelius, 1768) (Synonym according to Mah et al. (2014))
- Species Hippasteria strongylactis H.L. Clark, 1926 accepted as Hippasteria phrygiana strongylactis H.L. Clark, 1926 accepted as Hippasteria phrygiana (Parelius, 1768) (A forma according to Downey in Clark & Downey (1992))
- Species Hippasteria tasmanica McKnight, 2006 accepted as Evoplosoma tasmanica (McKnight, 2006) (Moved to Evoplosoma by Mah et al. (2014))
- Species Hippasteria trojana Fell, 1958 accepted as Hippasteria phrygiana (Parelius, 1768)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
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): 279 [details]
page(s): 279 [details]
Mah, C.L. (2021). World Asteroidea Database. Hippasteria Gray, 1840. Accessed at: http://www.marinespecies.org/asteroidea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=123297 on 2024-09-07
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original description
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): 279 [details]
original description (of Hippasteria (Nehippasteria) Dons, 1938) Dons, C. (1937). Zoologische Notizen XXXIV. <i>Hippasteria insignis</i> n. sp. <em>Det Kongelige Norske Videnskabers Selskab Forhandlinger.</em> 10: 16–19.
page(s): 17 [details]
original description (of Cryptopeltaster Fisher, 1905) Fisher, W. K. (1905). New starfishes from deep water off California and Alaska. <em>Bulletin of the Bureau of Fisheries.</em> 24: 291-320., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25135459
page(s): 311 [details]
original description (of Hippasteria (Euhippasteria) Dons, 1937) Dons, C. (1937). Zoologische Notizen XXXIV. <i>Hippasteria insignis</i> n. sp. <em>Det Kongelige Norske Videnskabers Selskab Forhandlinger.</em> 10: 16–19.
page(s): 17 [details]
original description (of Hippasteria pacifica Ludwig, 1905) Ludwig, H. (1905). Asteroidea. <em>Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard.</em> 32: vii-xii, 1-292+ plates., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28866803
page(s): 138 [details]
basis of record Hansson, H.G. (2001). Echinodermata, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i>. 50: pp. 336-351. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source 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]
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 Hansson, H. (2004). North East Atlantic Taxa (NEAT): Nematoda. Internet pdf Ed. Aug 1998., available online at http://www.tmbl.gu.se/libdb/taxon/taxa.html [details] Available for editors
identification resource Mah, C.L., Neill K, Eleaume M, Foltz D. (2014) New Species and global revision of <i>Hippasteria</i> (Hippasterinae: Goniasteridae; Asteroidea; Echinodermata). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 171: 422-456. , available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/zoj.12131 [details]
page(s): 279 [details]
original description (of Hippasteria (Nehippasteria) Dons, 1938) Dons, C. (1937). Zoologische Notizen XXXIV. <i>Hippasteria insignis</i> n. sp. <em>Det Kongelige Norske Videnskabers Selskab Forhandlinger.</em> 10: 16–19.
page(s): 17 [details]
original description (of Cryptopeltaster Fisher, 1905) Fisher, W. K. (1905). New starfishes from deep water off California and Alaska. <em>Bulletin of the Bureau of Fisheries.</em> 24: 291-320., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25135459
page(s): 311 [details]
original description (of Hippasteria (Euhippasteria) Dons, 1937) Dons, C. (1937). Zoologische Notizen XXXIV. <i>Hippasteria insignis</i> n. sp. <em>Det Kongelige Norske Videnskabers Selskab Forhandlinger.</em> 10: 16–19.
page(s): 17 [details]
original description (of Hippasteria pacifica Ludwig, 1905) Ludwig, H. (1905). Asteroidea. <em>Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard.</em> 32: vii-xii, 1-292+ plates., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28866803
page(s): 138 [details]
basis of record Hansson, H.G. (2001). Echinodermata, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i>. 50: pp. 336-351. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source 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]
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 Hansson, H. (2004). North East Atlantic Taxa (NEAT): Nematoda. Internet pdf Ed. Aug 1998., available online at http://www.tmbl.gu.se/libdb/taxon/taxa.html [details] Available for editors
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identification resource Mah, C.L., Neill K, Eleaume M, Foltz D. (2014) New Species and global revision of <i>Hippasteria</i> (Hippasterinae: Goniasteridae; Asteroidea; Echinodermata). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 171: 422-456. , available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/zoj.12131 [details]
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From other sources
Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
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Japanese | ヤマトホシヒトデ属 | [details] |
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Cryptopeltaster) (from synonym Cryptopeltaster Fisher, 1905)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Hippasteria)
To Genbank (from synonym Cryptopeltaster Fisher, 1905)
To Genbank
To ITIS
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Cryptopeltaster) (from synonym Cryptopeltaster Fisher, 1905)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Hippasteria)
To Genbank (from synonym Cryptopeltaster Fisher, 1905)
To Genbank
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
From other sources