Register of Antarctic Marine Species (RAMS)

WoRMS taxon details

Tarsaster Sladen, 1889

AphiaID

178781 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:178781)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Pedicellasteridae Perrier, 1884

Direct children (7)

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Species Tarsaster alaskanus Fisher, 1928
Species Tarsaster cocosanus (Ludwig, 1905)
Species Tarsaster fascicularis (Perrier, 1881)
Species Tarsaster galapagensis (Ludwig, 1905)
Species Tarsaster stoichodes Sladen, 1889
Species Tarsaster distichopus Fisher, 1917 accepted as Ampheraster distichopus (Fisher, 1917) (original combination)
Species Tarsaster neozelanicus Farquhar, 1895 accepted as Allostichaster polyplax (Müller & Troschel, 1844) (Synonym according to Koehler (1920), Mortensen (1925))

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Sladen, W.P. (1889). Report on the Asteroidea. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–1876. Zoology. 30 (part 51): xlii + 893 pages, 118 plates., available online at http://www.19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-51/README.htm
page(s): 439 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Mah, C.L. (2024). World Asteroidea Database. Tarsaster Sladen, 1889. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=178781 on 2024-11-12

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-08-05 07:22:50Z

created

Aracina, Claudia

2009-01-01 16:51:05Z

changed

Mah, Christopher

Licensing

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original description Sladen, W.P. (1889). Report on the Asteroidea. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–1876. Zoology. 30 (part 51): xlii + 893 pages, 118 plates., available online at http://www.19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-51/README.htm
page(s): 439 [details]

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]

Definitions

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To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Tarsaster)
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