African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS)

AfReMaS name details

Asterodiscus Gray, 1847

AphiaID

204702 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:204702)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (Homonym)

Accepted name

Asterodiscides A. M. Clark, 1974

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Asterodiscus elegans Gray, 1847 accepted as Asterodiscides elegans (Gray, 1847)

Parent

Asterodiscididae Rowe, 1977

Direct children (2)

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Species Asterodiscus elegans Gray, 1847 accepted as Asterodiscides elegans (Gray, 1847)
Species Asterodiscus helonotus Fisher, 1913 accepted as Asterodiscides helonotus (Fisher, 1913)

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Gray, J.E. (1847). Descriptions of some new genera and species of Asteriadae. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 72-83., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12862856
page(s): 75 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Mah, C.L. (2025). World Asteroidea Database. Asterodiscus Gray, 1847. 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://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=204702 on 2025-12-05

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. Asterodiscus Gray, 1847. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=204702 on 2025-12-05

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

1999-06-08 22:07:11Z

created

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2000-09-25 12:31:29Z

changed

Garcia, Maria

2008-12-17 01:25:53Z

changed

Mah, Christopher

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original description Gray, J.E. (1847). Descriptions of some new genera and species of Asteriadae. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 72-83., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12862856
page(s): 75 [details]

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

To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Asterodiscus)