The World Asteroidea Database - Heliaster Gray, 1840

WoRMS taxon details

Heliaster Gray, 1840

AphiaID

255070 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:255070)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Typetaxon

Asterias helianthus Lamarck, 1816 accepted as Asteracanthion helianthus (Lamarck, 1816) accepted as Heliaster helianthus (Lamarck, 1816) (type by subsequent designation)

Parent

Heliasteridae Viguier, 1879

Direct children (8)

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Species Heliaster canopus (Valenciennes (MS) in Perrier, 1875)
Species Heliaster cumingi (Gray, 1840)
Species Heliaster helianthus (Lamarck, 1816)
Species Heliaster kubiniji Xantus, 1860
Species Heliaster microbrachius Xantus, 1860
Species Heliaster polybrachius H.L. Clark, 1907
Species Heliaster solaris A.H. Clark, 1920
Species Heliaster morrisoni A.H. Clark, 1947 accepted as Heliaster microbrachius Xantus, 1860 (Probable synonym according to Madsen (1956))

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Gray, J.E. (1840). XXII. A synopsis of the genera and species of the class Hypostoma (Asterias, Linnaeus). Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 6: 175-184., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2335959
page(s): 179 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Mah, C.L. (2024). World Asteroidea Database. Heliaster Gray, 1840. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=255070 on 2024-10-30

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2007-12-29 01:34:11Z

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Mah, Christopher

2009-01-06 03:01:28Z

changed

Mah, Christopher

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original description Gray, J.E. (1840). XXII. A synopsis of the genera and species of the class Hypostoma (Asterias, Linnaeus). Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 6: 175-184., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2335959
page(s): 179 [details]

context source (PeRMS) Solís-Marín, F. A.; Alvarado, J. J.; Abreu-Pérez, M.; Aguilera, O.; Alió, J.; Bacallado-Aránega, J. J.; Barraza, E.; Benavides-Serrato, M.; Benítez-Villalobos, F.; Betancourt-Fernández, L.; Borges, M.; Brandt, M.; Brogger, M. I.; Borrero-Pérez, G. H.; Buitrón-Sánchez, E.; Campos, L. S.; Cantera, J.; Clemente, S.; Cohen-Renjifo, M.; Coppard, S.; Costa-Lotufo, L. V.; del Valle-García, R.; Díaz, Y.; Díaz de Vivar, M. E.; Díaz-Martínez, J. P.; Durán-González, A.; Epherra, L.; Escolar, M.; Francisco, V.; Freire, C. A.; García-Arrarás, E.; Gil, D. G.; Guarderas, P.; Hadel, V. F.; Hearn, A.; Hernández, J. C.; Hernández-Delgado, E. A.; Herrera-Moreno, A.; Herrero-Pérezrul, M. D.; Hooker, Y.; Honey-Escandón, M. B. I.; Lodeiros, C.; Luzuriaga, M.; Manso, C. L. C.; Martín, A.; Martinez, M. I.; Martínez, S.; Moro-Abad; Mutschke, E.; Navarro, J. C.; Neira, R.; Noriega, N.; Palleiro-Nayar, J. S.; Pérez, A. F.; Pérez-Ruzafa, A.; Prieto-Rios, E.; Reyes, J.; Rodríguez, R.; Rubilar, T.; Sancho-Mejía, T.; Sangil, C.; Silva, J. R. M. C.; Sonnenholzner, J. I.; Ventura, C. R.; Tablado, A.; Tavares, Y.; Tiago, C. G.; Tuya, F.;Williams, S. M. (2013). Appendix. In: J. J. Alvarado & F. A. Solís-Marín (eds), Echinoderm Research and Diversity in Latin America. pp. 471-510. Springer; Berlin & Heidelberg. page(s): 543-654. [details]

additional source Clark, A. M.; Mah, C. (2001). An index of names of recent Asteroidea, part 4. Forcipulatida and Brisingida. In: Jangoux, M.; Lawrence, J.M. (Ed.) (1996). Echinoderm Studies. 6: 229-347. (look up in IMIS) [details]

identification resource Clark, H. L. (1907). The starfishes of the genus Heliaster. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. 51(2): 25-76., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2797185#page/35/mode/1up [details]

Definitions

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To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Heliaster)