African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS)

AfReMaS taxon details

Oreasteridae Fisher, 1908

AphiaID

149871 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:149871)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Family

Parent

Valvatida

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Genus Anthenea Gray, 1840
Genus Astrosarkus Mah, 2003
Genus Choriaster Lutken, 1869
Genus Culcita Agassiz, 1836
Genus Halityle Fisher, 1913
Genus Monachaster Döderlein, 1916
Genus Oreaster Müller & Troschel, 1842
Genus Pentaceraster Döderlein, 1916
Genus Pentaster Döderlein, 1935
Genus Poraster Döderlein, 1916
Genus Protoreaster Döderlein, 1916
Genus Pseudoreaster Verrill, 1899
Genus Culcitaster Clark, 1914 accepted as Halityle Fisher, 1913 (A synonym according to Fisher (1919))
Genus Goniodiscides Fisher, 1906 accepted as Culcita Agassiz, 1836 (Synonym according to Fisher (1919))
Genus Goniodiscus Müller & Troschel, 1842 accepted as Culcita Agassiz, 1836 (Formal designation of type species G. sebae falls in syn. of C. novaeguineae. This disposes of the name Goniodiscus by synonymy. However many of the species names are referable to Goniasteridae and/or Oreasteridae)
Genus Gymnasterias accepted as Porania Gray, 1840 (synonym)
Genus Pentaceros Gray, 1840 accepted as Oreaster Müller & Troschel, 1842

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Original description

Fisher, W.K. (1908). Necessary changes in the nomenclature of starfishes. Smithsonian Miscellaneous collections (Quaterly). 52: 87-93., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8812483
note: Indicated by Fisher on pg. 93 as the replacement for Pentaceros but fully documented in Fisher (1911) [details]

Taxonomic citation

AfReMaS (2025). Oreasteridae Fisher, 1908. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=149871 on 2025-12-22

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) (2025). African Register of Marine Species. Oreasteridae Fisher, 1908. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=149871 on 2025-12-22

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-03-31 08:47:45Z

created

Appeltans, Ward

2008-01-25 09:35:43Z

changed

Mah, Christopher

2017-06-03 16:39:53Z

changed

Mah, Christopher

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original description Fisher, W.K. (1908). Necessary changes in the nomenclature of starfishes. Smithsonian Miscellaneous collections (Quaterly). 52: 87-93., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8812483
note: Indicated by Fisher on pg. 93 as the replacement for Pentaceros but fully documented in Fisher (1911) [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]

basis of record 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]

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 Döderlein, L. (1924). Die Asteriden der Siboga-Exped. II. Pentagonasteridae. Siboga-Expedition. 46(2): 49-69, pls. 14-19., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14889430 [details]

additional source Döderlein, L. (1935). Die Asteriden der Siboga-Exped. III. Oreasteridae. Siboga-Expedition, 46(2): 71-110, pls. 15-20. [details]

additional source Döderlein, L. (1936). Die Asteriden der Siboga-Exped. III. Die unterfamile Oreasterinae. Siboga-Expedition, 46(2): 295-369, pls. 21-32., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11718319#page/413/mode/1up [details]

identification resource Mah, C. L. (2003). Astrosarkus idipi, a new Indo-Pacific genus and species of Oreasteridae (Valvatida; Asteroidea) displaying extreme skeletal reduction. Bulletin of Marine Science 73(3): 685-698, available online at http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/umrsmas/bullmar/2003/00000073/00000003/art00012?token=004e1e6c1b70af08da6a9e7e442f2067217a763f702e492b2f2d4063687630505d82de8e777bb3 [details]

identification resource Döderlein, L. (1935). Die Asteriden der Siboga-Exped. III. Oreasteridae. Siboga-Expedition, 46(2): 71-110, pls. 15-20. [details]

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