Asteroidea taxon details

Goniaster L. Agassiz, 1836

Goniaster cuspidatus
Goniaster cuspidatus

123294  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:123294)

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Astrogonium Müller & Troschel, 1842 · unaccepted (synonym)
Phaneraster Perrier, 1894 · unaccepted (Synonym according to Halpern (1970))

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  1. Species Goniaster mulleri Heller, 1858 †
  2. Species Goniaster scrobiculatus Heller, 1858 †
  3. Species Goniaster tessellatus (Lamarck, 1816)
  4. Subgenus Goniaster (Astrogonium) Müller & Troschel, 1842 † accepted as Goniaster L. Agassiz, 1836
    1. Species Goniaster (Astrogonium) marginatus Forbes, 1848 †
    2. Species Goniaster (Astrogonium) stokesi Forbes, 1848 †
    3. Species Goniaster (Astrogonium) angustatus Forbes, 1848 accepted as Pycinaster angustatus (Forbes, 1848) †
    4. Species Goniaster (Astrogonium) coombii Forbes, 1848 † accepted as Nymphaster coombii (Forbes, 1848) †
    5. Species Goniaster (Astrogonium) latus Forbes, 1848 † accepted as Calliderma latum (Forbes, 1848) †
    6. Species Goniaster (Astrogonium) lunatus (Woodward, 1833) † accepted as Crateraster quinqueloba (Goldfuss, 1831) †
    7. Species Goniaster (Astrogonium) mosaicus Forbes, 1848 accepted as Calliderma mosaicum (Forbes, 1848) †
    8. Species Goniaster (Astrogonium) smithii Forbes, 1848 † accepted as Calliderma smithiae (Forbes, 1848) †
  5. Subgenus Goniaster (Goniodiscus) Müller & Troschel, 1842 accepted as Crateraster Spencer, 1914 †
    1. Species Goniaster (Goniodiscus) rectilineus McCoy, 1848 †
    2. Species Goniaster (Goniodiscus) bowerbankii Forbes, 1848 † accepted as Metopaster parkinsoni (Forbes, 1848) †
    3. Species Goniaster (Goniodiscus) compactus Forbes in Dixon, 1850 accepted as Metopaster parkinsoni (Forbes, 1848) †
    4. Species Goniaster (Goniodiscus) forbesi Seeley, 1858 † accepted as Metopaster uncatus (Forbes, 1848) †
    5. Species Goniaster (Goniodiscus) furnivalli Seeley, 1858 † accepted as Crateraster quinqueloba (Goldfuss, 1831) †
    6. Species Goniaster (Goniodiscus) hunteri Forbes, 1848 † accepted as Metopaster hunteri (Forbes, 1848) †
    7. Species Goniaster (Goniodiscus) mantelli Forbes, 1848 † accepted as Metopaster parkinsoni (Forbes, 1848) †
    8. Species Goniaster (Goniodiscus) parkinsoni Forbes, 1848 † accepted as Metopaster parkinsoni (Forbes, 1848) †
    9. Species Goniaster (Goniodiscus) rugatus Forbes, 1848 † accepted as Metopaster rugatus (Forbes, 1848) †
    10. Species Goniaster (Goniodiscus) sublunatus Forbes, 1848 † accepted as Metopaster hunteri (Forbes, 1848) †
    11. Species Goniaster (Goniodiscus) uncatus Forbes, 1848 accepted as Metopaster uncatus (Forbes, 1848) †
  6. Subgenus Goniaster (Ogmaster) von Martens, 1865 accepted as Ogmaster von Martens, 1865
  7. Subgenus Goniaster (Stellaster) Gray, 1840 accepted as Stellaster Gray, 1840
    1. Species Goniaster (Stellaster) comptoni Forbes, 1848 † accepted as Comptonia comptoni (Forbes, 1848) †
    2. Species Goniaster (Stellaster) elegans Gray, 1840 † accepted as Comptonia elegans Gray, 1840 †
  8. Species Goniaster abbensis Forbes, 1843 accepted as Hippasteria phrygiana phrygiana (Parelius, 1768) accepted as Hippasteria phrygiana (Parelius, 1768) (Synonym according to Sladen (1889))
  9. Species Goniaster acutus (Heller, 1863) accepted as Peltaster placenta (Müller & Troschel, 1842) (A synonym of Pentagonaster (=Peltaster) placenta Muller & Troschel 1842 according to Lutken (1897))
  10. Species Goniaster africanus Verrill, 1871 accepted as Goniaster tessellatus (Lamarck, 1816) (synonym)
  11. Species Goniaster americanus Verrill, 1871 accepted as Goniaster tessellatus (Lamarck, 1816) (synonym)
  12. Species Goniaster articulatus (L. Agassiz, MS) Gray, 1866 accepted as Anthenea pentagonula (Lamarck, 1816) (Synonym)
  13. Species Goniaster articulatus Lutken, 1864 accepted as Goniodiscaster scaber (Moebius, 1859) (Synonym according to Doderlein (1935) and Madsen (1959))
  14. Species Goniaster belcheri Lutken, 1865 accepted as Stellaster equestris (Bruzelius, 1805) accepted as Stellaster childreni Gray, 1840 (A forma according to Doderlein (1935))
  15. Species Goniaster capella (Mueller & Troschel, 1842) accepted as Ogmaster capella (Müller & Troschel, 1842) (subsequent combination with Goniaster (Ogmaster))
  16. Species Goniaster cuspidatus Gray, 1840 accepted as Goniaster tessellatus (Lamarck, 1816) (Synonym according to Halpern (1970))
  17. Species Goniaster duebeni (Gray, 1847) accepted as Pentagonaster duebeni Gray, 1847 (subsequent combination of P. duebeni)
  18. Species Goniaster equestris (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Hippasteria phrygiana (Parelius, 1768) (A synonym according to Muller & Troschel (1842))
  19. Species Goniaster equestris von Martens, 1865 accepted as Stellaster equestris (Bruzelius, 1805) accepted as Stellaster childreni Gray, 1840
  20. Species Goniaster granularis Lutken, 1865 accepted as Ceramaster granularis (Retzius, 1783)
  21. Species Goniaster hispidus M. Sars, 1872 accepted as Poraniomorpha (Poraniomorpha) hispida hispida (M. Sars, 1872) (synonym)
  22. Species Goniaster incei (Gray, 1847) accepted as Stellaster equestris (Bruzelius, 1805) accepted as Stellaster childreni Gray, 1840 (A forma of S. equestris according to Doderlein (1935))
  23. Species Goniaster lamarcki (Müller & Troschel, 1842) accepted as Goniaster tessellatus (Lamarck, 1816) (Synonym based on inspection of type in the Paris Museum)
  24. Species Goniaster longimanus (Möbius, 1859) accepted as Iconaster longimanus (Möbius, 1859) (Subsequent name/combination used by Lutken 1865: 144)
  25. Species Goniaster mammillata Gabb, 1876 † accepted as Recurvaster mammillatus (Gabb, 1876) †
  26. Species Goniaster muelleri von Martens, 1865 accepted as Stellaster equestris (Bruzelius, 1805) accepted as Stellaster childreni Gray, 1840 (A synonym according to Doderlein (1935))
  27. Species Goniaster muelleri Lutken, 1871 accepted as Ogmaster capella (Müller & Troschel, 1842)
  28. Species Goniaster multiporum Hoffman in Rowe, 1974 accepted as Culcita novaeguineae Müller & Troschel, 1842 (A synonym according to Rowe)
  29. Species Goniaster nidarosiensis Storm, 1881 accepted as Peltaster placenta (Müller & Troschel, 1842) (original designation)
  30. Species Goniaster obtusangulus (Lamarck, 1816) accepted as Pseudoreaster obtusangulus (Lamarck, 1816)
  31. Species Goniaster phrygianus (Parelius, 1768) accepted as Hippasteria phrygiana (Parelius, 1768) (subsequent name used by Norman 1865: 123)
  32. Species Goniaster placenta (Müller & Troschel, 1842) accepted as Peltaster placenta (Müller & Troschel, 1842)
  33. Species Goniaster placentaeformis (Heller, 1863) accepted as Peltaster placenta (Müller & Troschel, 1842) (A synonym according to Ludwig (1897))
  34. Species Goniaster pleyadella von Martens, 1865 accepted as Goniodiscaster pleyadella (Lamarck, 1816)
  35. Species Goniaster quinqueloba (Goldfuss, 1831) † accepted as Crateraster quinqueloba (Goldfuss, 1831) †
  36. Species Goniaster sebae Gray, 1840 accepted as Goniaster tessellatus (Lamarck, 1816) (synonym)
  37. Species Goniaster sebae (de Blainville, 1830) accepted as Culcita novaeguineae Müller & Troschel, 1842 (Synonym according to Goto (1914))
  38. Species Goniaster semilunatus von Martens, 1866 accepted as Goniaster tessellatus (Lamarck, 1816) (Synonym according to Halpern (1970))
  39. Species Goniaster templetoni Thomson in Forbes, 1839 accepted as Porania (Porania) pulvillus pulvillus (O.F. Müller, 1776) (synonym)
  40. Species Goniaster tuberculatus (Gray, 1847) accepted as Toraster tuberculatus (Gray, 1847) (Subsequent combinationn by vonMartens, 1869)
  41. Species Goniaster tuberculosus von Martens, 1865 accepted as Stellaster equestris (Bruzelius, 1805) accepted as Stellaster childreni Gray, 1840
  42. Species Goniaster hamptonensis Wright, 1863 † accepted as Tylasteria hamptonensis (Wright, 1863) † (uncertain)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Agassiz, L. (1836). Prodrome d'une Monographie des Radiaires ou Echinodermes. <em>Mémoires de la Société des Sciences naturelles de Neuchâtel.</em> 1, 168-199., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10596479
page(s): 191 [details] 
Mah, C.L. (2024). World Asteroidea Database. Goniaster L. Agassiz, 1836. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Asteroidea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=123294 on 2025-04-01
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
created
Hansson, Hans
2007-04-19 12:02:41Z
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Vanhoorne, Bart
2008-01-21 06:51:38Z
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Mah, Christopher

original description Agassiz, L. (1836). Prodrome d'une Monographie des Radiaires ou Echinodermes. <em>Mémoires de la Société des Sciences naturelles de Neuchâtel.</em> 1, 168-199., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10596479
page(s): 191 [details] 

original description (of Astrogonium Müller & Troschel, 1842) Müller, J. and Troschel, F. H. (1842). System der Asteriden.1. Asteriae. 2. Ophiuridae. <em>Vieweg: Braunschweig.</em> xxx+134 pp. 12 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/44159
page(s): 52 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Phaneraster Perrier, 1894) Perrier, E. (1894). Stellérides. Expéditions Scientifique <i>Travailleur</i> et du <i>Talisman</i>. 3:1-431, 26 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44802953
page(s): 387 [details] 

original description (of Goniaster (Astrogonium) Müller & Troschel, 1842 †) Forbes, E. (1848). On the Asteridae found fossil in British Strata. <em>Memoirs of the Geological Survey of Great Britain.</em> 2: 457-482., available online at https://books.google.com.ly/books?id=DcMQAAAAIAAJ&printsec=frontcover&hl=fr&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false
page(s): 473 [details] 

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

additional source Clark, A. M.; Downey, M. E. (1992). Starfishes of the Atlantic. <i>Chapman & Hall Identification Guides</i>, 3. Chapman & Hall. London, UK. ISBN 0-412-43280-3. xxvi, 794 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] 

additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details] 

additional source 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] 
 
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