African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS)

AfReMaS taxon details

Anseropoda Nardo, 1834

Anseropoda placenta (Pennant, 1777)

AphiaID

123280 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:123280)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Asterinidae Gray, 1840

Synonymised names

Palmipes L. Agassiz, 1836 · unaccepted

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Species Anseropoda grandis Mortensen, 1933
Species Anseropoda habracantha H.L. Clark, 1923
Species Anseropoda novemradiata (Bell, 1905)
Species Anseropoda placenta (Pennant, 1777)

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Nardo, J.D. (1834). De Asteriis. Isis von Oken. 1834: 716-717., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27510121
page(s): 716 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Mah, C.L. (2025). World Asteroidea Database. Anseropoda Nardo, 1834. Accessed through: Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2025) African Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=123280 on 2026-08-07

Regional species database citation

Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2026). African Register of Marine Species. Anseropoda Nardo, 1834. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=123280 on 2026-08-07

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Hansson, Hans

2008-10-24 13:48:31Z

changed

Mah, Christopher

2021-08-18 21:18:41Z

changed

Mah, Christopher

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original description Nardo, J.D. (1834). De Asteriis. Isis von Oken. 1834: 716-717., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27510121
page(s): 716 [details]

original description (of Palmipes L. Agassiz, 1836) Agassiz, L. (1836). Prodrome d'une Monographie des Radiaires ou Echinodermes. Mémoires de la Société des Sciences naturelles de Neuchâtel. 1, 168-199., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10596479
page(s): 192 [details]

basis of record Hansson, H.G. (2001). Echinodermata, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). 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,. 50: pp. 336-351. (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source 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 Clark, A. M.; Courtman-Stock, J. (1976). The echinoderms of southern Africa. Publ. No. 766. British Museum (Nat. Hist), London. 277 pp. [details]

additional source Hansson, H. G. (1998). NEAT (North East Atlantic Taxa): Scandinavian Echinodermata Check-List (Comp.). , available online at https://www.gu.se/sites/default/files/2020-10/NEAT%2AEchinodermata.pdf [details]