African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS)

AfReMaS name details

Astropus Gray, 1840

AphiaID

204191 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:204191)

Classification

Status

unaccepted

Accepted name

Archaster Müller & Troschel, 1840

Rank

Genus

Parent

Archasteridae Viguier, 1879

Direct children (1)

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Species Astropus longipes (Gray, 1840) accepted as Archaster lorioli Sukarno & Jangoux, 1977

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Not documented

Taxonomic citation

Mah, C.L. (2021). World Asteroidea Database. Astropus 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: https://marinespecies.org/afremas./aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=204191 on 2025-11-14

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. Astropus Gray, 1840. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=204191 on 2025-11-14

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

1999-09-06 22:25:52Z

created

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2000-09-25 12:31:29Z

changed

Garcia, Maria

2006-09-06 06:55:51Z

changed

Martinez, Olga

2009-01-31 14:17:57Z

changed

Mah, Christopher

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Sources (2)

basis of record Clark, A. M. (1993). An index of names of recent Asteroidea, part 2: Valvatida. <em>In: Jangoux, M.; Lawrence, J.M. (Ed.) (1996). Echinoderm Studies.</em> 4: 187-366. (look up in IMIS) [details]

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