African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS)

AfReMaS name details

Gymnasteria Gray, 1840

AphiaID

203963 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:203963)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (synonym according to Muller and Troschel (1842))

Accepted name

Asteropsis Müller & Troschel, 1840

Rank

Genus

Parent

Asteropseidae Hotchkiss & Clark, 1976

Direct children (1)

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Species Gymnasteria carinifera (Lamarck, 1816) accepted as Asteropsis carinifera (Lamarck, 1816)

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Gray, J.E. (1840). XXXII. A synopsis of the genera and species of the class Hypostoma (Asterias, Linnaeus). Annals of the Magazine of Natural History. 6: 275-290., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2336044#page/309/mode/1up
page(s): 278 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Mah, C.L. (2021). World Asteroidea Database. Gymnasteria Gray, 1840. Accessed through: Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2021) African Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=203963 on 2026-01-20

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. Gymnasteria Gray, 1840. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=203963 on 2026-01-20

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2000-07-20 06:55:28Z

created

Appeltans, Ward

2000-09-25 12:31:29Z

changed

Garcia, Maria

2006-09-12 06:54:36Z

changed

Martinez, Olga

2008-10-23 03:57:33Z

changed

Mah, Christopher

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Sources (4)

original description Gray, J.E. (1840). XXXII. A synopsis of the genera and species of the class Hypostoma (Asterias, Linnaeus). Annals of the Magazine of Natural History. 6: 275-290., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2336044#page/309/mode/1up
page(s): 278 [details]

basis of record Ludwig, H. (1899). Echinodermen des Sansibargebietes. Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft, Bonn. 21(1): 537-563., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26416428 [details]

additional source Rowe, F. W. E.; Gates, J. (1995). Echinodermata. In: Wells, A.; Houston, W.W.K. (Ed.) Zoological catalogue of Australia, 33. CSIRO: Melbourne. ISBN 0-643-05696-3. XIII. 510 pp. [details]

additional source Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. [Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone]. , available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]