WoRMS source details
Abyssaster planus (Sladen, 1883) (additional source)
Abyssaster tara (Wood-Mason & Alcock, 1891) (basis of record)
Alternaster Döderlein, 1920 accepted as Luidia Forbes, 1839 (basis of record)
Armaster Döderlein, 1920 accepted as Luidia Forbes, 1839 (basis of record)
Asterias aranciaca Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Astropecten aranciacus (Linnaeus, 1758) (additional source)
Asterias crispata Bruzelius, 1805 accepted as Ctenodiscus crispatus (Bruzelius, 1805) (additional source)
Asterias polaris Sabine, 1824 accepted as Ctenodiscus crispatus (Bruzelius, 1805) (additional source)
Asteroidea (additional source)
Astrella Perrier in Milne-Edwards, 1882 accepted as Luidia Forbes, 1839 (additional source)
Astropecten Gray, 1840 (additional source)
Astropecten anacanthus H.L. Clark, 1926 (basis of record)
Astropecten andromeda Müller & Troschel, 1842 accepted as Archaster andromeda (Müller & Troschel, 1842) accepted as Psilaster andromeda (Müller & Troschel, 1842) (additional source)
Astropecten antares Döderlein, 1926 accepted as Astropecten cingulatus Sladen, 1883 (source of synonymy)
Astropecten aranciacus (Linnaeus, 1758) (additional source)
Astropecten cingulatus Sladen, 1883 (basis of record)
Astropecten exilis Mortensen, 1933 (basis of record)
Astropecten inermis de Loriol, 1899 (source of synonymy)
Astropecten pugnax Koehler, 1910 (basis of record)
Bathybiaster loripes loripes Sladen, 1889 (basis of record)
Bathybiaster robustus (Verrill, 1894) accepted as Bathybiaster vexillifer (Wyville Thomson, 1873) (additional source)
Bathybiaster spinulatus Koehler, 1917 accepted as Bathybiaster loripes Sladen, 1889 (additional source)
Benthopecten Verrill, 1884 (additional source)
Benthopecten chardyi Sibuet, 1975 accepted as Benthopecten simplex chardyi Sibuet, 1975 (basis of record)
Benthopecten incertus Ludwig, 1910 (basis of record)
Benthopecten pedicifer (Sladen, 1889) (basis of record)
Cheiraster Studer, 1883 (additional source)
Cheiraster (Luidiaster) antarcticus (Koehler, 1907) (basis of record)
Cheiraster (Luidiaster) gerlachei Ludwig, 1903 (basis of record)
Cheiraster (Luidiaster) hirsutus (Studer, 1884) (basis of record)
Cheiraster granulatus Ludwig, 1910 (basis of record)
Ctenodiscus procurator Sladen, 1889 (basis of record)
Denudaster Döderlein, 1920 accepted as Luidia Forbes, 1839 (basis of record)
Dytaster Sladen, 1889 (basis of record)
Dytaster aequivocus Sladen, 1889 (basis of record)
Dytaster agassizi Perrier, 1894 (basis of record)
Dytaster anacanthus Wood-Mason & Alcock, 1891 accepted as Persephonaster gracilis (Sladen, 1889) (basis of record)
Dytaster biserialis Sladen, 1889 accepted as Dytaster insignis (Perrier, 1884) (basis of record)
Dytaster carinata Sladen, 1889 accepted as Dytaster grandis (Verrill, 1884) (basis of record)
Dytaster cherbonnieri Sibuet, 1975 (basis of record)
Dytaster demonstrans Ludwig, 1905 accepted as Dytaster gilberti Fisher, 1905 (basis of record)
Dytaster evaulus Fisher, 1913 represented as Dytaster (Koremaster) evaulus Fisher, 1913 (basis of record)
Dytaster exilis Sladen, 1889 (basis of record)
Dytaster insignis (Perrier, 1884) (additional source)
Dytaster intermedius Perrier, 1891 (basis of record)
Dytaster madreporifer Sladen, 1889 accepted as Dytaster grandis grandis (Verrill, 1884) (basis of record)
Dytaster mollis (Perrier, 1885) (basis of record)
Dytaster nobilis Sladen, 1889 (basis of record)
Dytaster parvulus Koehler, 1907 accepted as Dytaster semispinosus (Perrier, 1894) (basis of record)
Dytaster rigidus Perrier, 1894 (basis of record)
Dytaster semispinosus (Perrier, 1894) (basis of record)
Dytaster spinosus Sladen, 1889 (basis of record)
Dytaster spinulosus (Perrier, 1894) (basis of record)
Eremicaster Fisher, 1905 (basis of record)
Eremicaster crassus (Sladen, 1883) (basis of record)
Eremicaster vicinus Ludwig, 1907 (basis of record)
Goniopecten intermedius Perrier, 1881 accepted as Plutonaster intermedius (Perrier, 1881) (basis of record)
Hyphalaster planus Sladen, 1883 accepted as Abyssaster planus (Sladen, 1883) (additional source)
Hyphalaster scotiae Koehler, 1907 (basis of record)
Ilyaster Danielssen & Koren, 1883 accepted as Bathybiaster Danielssen & Koren, 1883 (basis of record)
Ilyaster mirabilis Danielssen & Koren, 1883 accepted as Bathybiaster vexillifer (Wyville Thomson, 1873) (basis of record)
Integraster Döderlein, 1920 accepted as Luidia Forbes, 1839 (basis of record)
Koremaster Fisher, 1913 (basis of record)
Koremaster evaulus (Fisher, 1913) (basis of record)
Koremaster evaulus evaulus Fisher, 1913 (basis of record)
Koremaster evaulus spiculatus Fisher, 1919 (basis of record)
Leptoptychaster flexuosus Koehler, 1920 accepted as Leptychaster flexuosus (Koehler, 1920) (additional source)
Leptychaster mendosus Koehler, 1923 accepted as Leptychaster kerguelenensis mendosus (Koehler, 1923) (basis of record)
Luidia Forbes, 1839 (additional source)
Luidia aspera Sladen, 1889 (basis of record)
Luidia orientalis Fisher, 1913 (basis of record)
Luidia sagamina Döderlein, 1920 (basis of record)
Luidiaster planeta (Sladen, 1889) accepted as Cheiraster (Luidiaster) planeta (Sladen, 1889) (basis of record)
Luidiidae Sladen, 1889 (additional source)
Lysaster Bell, 1909 (basis of record)
Lysaster lorioli Bell, 1909 (basis of record)
Machairaster Perrier, 1884 accepted as Styracaster Sladen, 1883 (basis of record)
Machairaster pictus Perrier, 1884 accepted as Styracaster armatus Sladen, 1883 (basis of record)
Macroptychaster accrescens (Koehler, 1920) (basis of record)
Mimaster Sladen, 1882 accepted as Radiaster Perrier, 1881 (additional source)
Pararchaster Sladen, 1885 accepted as Benthopecten Verrill, 1884 (additional source)
Pectinaster Perrier, 1885 (additional source)
Pectinaster dispar Verrill, 1915 accepted as Cheiraster (Cheiraster) sepitus (Verrill, 1885) (additional source)
Pectinaster filholi Perrier, 1885 (additional source)
Pectinidiscus Ludwig, 1907 (basis of record)
Pectinidiscus annae Ludwig, 1907 (basis of record)
Persephonaster Wood-Mason & Alcock, 1891 (basis of record)
Persephonaster cingulatus (Fisher, 1906) (basis of record)
Persephonaster facetus (Koehler, 1907) (additional source)
Persephonaster roulei Koehler, 1909 (basis of record)
Persephonaster sewelli Macan, 1938 (basis of record)
Plutonaster Sladen, 1889 (additional source)
Plutonaster bifrons (Wyville Thomson, 1873) (additional source)
Porcellanaster Wyville Thomson, 1878 (additional source)
Porcellanaster ceruleus Wyville Thomson, 1878 (additional source)
Porcellanasteridae Sladen, 1883 (additional source)
Psilaster attenuatus Fisher, 1906 (basis of record)
Psilaster charcoti (Koehler, 1906) (basis of record)
Psilasteropsis Fisher, 1906 accepted as Persephonaster Wood-Mason & Alcock, 1891 (additional source)
Psilasteropsis facetus Koehler, 1907 accepted as Persephonaster facetus (Koehler, 1907) (basis of record)
Durban for Astropecten anacanthus H.L. Clark, 1926
East Africa for Astropecten polyacanthus phragmorus Fisher, 1913
East Africa for Pectinidiscus annae Ludwig, 1907
East Africa for Pectinidiscus annae Ludwig, 1907
East Africa for Sidonaster vaneyi Koehler, 1909
Gulf of Oman for Sidonaster vaneyi Koehler, 1909
Kerguelen Exclusive Economic Zone for Cheiraster (Luidiaster) hirsutus (Studer, 1884)
KwaZulu-Natal for Astropecten granulatus natalensis John, 1948
Madagascar for Astropecten inermis de Loriol, 1899
Madagascar for Styracaster elongatus Koehler, 1907
Mauritius for Astropecten mauritianus Gray, 1840
Mauritius for Luidia mauritiensis Koehler, 1910
Mauritius for Luidia savignyi (Audouin, 1826)
Mauritius for Lysaster lorioli Bell, 1909
Mozambique for Astropecten exilis Mortensen, 1933 (doubtful)
Mozambique for Astropecten granulatus natalensis John, 1948 (inaccurate)
Mozambique for Astropecten inermis de Loriol, 1899
Red Sea for Astropecten hemprichi Müller & Troschel, 1842
Red Sea for Astropecten orsinii Leipoldt, 1895
Red Sea for Luidia savignyi (Audouin, 1826)
Seychelles for Astropecten exilis Mortensen, 1933
Seychelles for Astropecten pugnax Koehler, 1910
South Africa (country) for Astropecten exilis Mortensen, 1933 (doubtful)
South Africa (country) for Astropecten granulatus natalensis John, 1948
South Africa (country) for Astropecten hemprichi Müller & Troschel, 1842
South Africa (country) for Astropecten inermis de Loriol, 1899
South Africa (country) for Astropecten polyacanthus phragmorus Fisher, 1913
South Africa (country) for Benthopecten pedicifer (Sladen, 1889) (doubtful)
South Africa (country) for Cheiraster (Cheiraster) triplacanthus Fisher, 1913
South Africa (country) for Cheiraster (Luidiaster) hirsutus (Studer, 1884)
South Africa (country) for Luidia sagamina sagamina Döderlein, 1920
South Africa (country) for Luidia savignyi (Audouin, 1826)
South Africa (country) for Pectinaster filholi echinatus (Sladen, 1889)
South Africa (country) for Tethyaster pacei (Mortensen, 1925)
Tanzania for Persephonaster sewelli Macan, 1938
Tanzania for Styracaster caroli Ludwig, 1907
Species does not occur in the western Indian Ocean (Aziz (1986) cited in Walenkamp (1990)). Also distributed in ... [details]
Distribution: western Indian Ocean (A.M. Clark, 1989). [details]
Also distributed in Persian Gulf (Clark & Rowe, 1971). [details]
Distribution: Indian Ocean (A.M. Clark, 1989). [details]
Distribution: Indian Ocean (A.M. Clark, 1989). [details]
Distribution: Indian Ocean (A.M. Clark, 1989). [details]
Also reported from St Helena, Gambia-Congo (Clark & Courtman-Stock, 1976 <554>) [details]
Distribution: Western Indian Ocean (A.M. Clark, 1989). [details]
Distribution: Indian Ocean west of Sri Lanka (A.M. Clark, 1989). [details]
Distribution: various parts of the Indian Ocean (A.M. Clark, 1989). [details]
Referred to Dytaster (Astropectinidae) by Perrier (1884) so becoming a homonym of Dytaster insignis (Perrier, 1884) ... [details]
Type species: Asterias aranciana Linnaeus 1758, by subsequent designation by Fisher, 1908 (A.M. Clark, 1989). In ... [details]
According to A.M. Clark (1989: 309): "Just sufficient indication to validate" [details]
A.M. Clark (1989: 312) indicates that there is "Just sufficient indication to validate". [details]
Type species: Porcellanaster (Eremicaster) tenebrarius Fisher, 1905 (=Eremicaster crassus (Sladen 1883)). [details]
Type species: Luidia fragilissima Forbes, 1839 (=Asterias ciliaris Philippi, 1837) by original designation (Rowe & ... [details]
Type species: Pectinidiscus annae Ludwig in Chun, 1900. [details]
Type species: Persephonaster croceus Wood-Mason & Alcock, 1891 by subsequent designation by Fisher (1905). [details]
Syntypes in Natural History Museum, London (England) 1890.5.7.118 (3 specimens), 1890.5.7.119 (2 specimens) and ... [details]
Type species: Sidonaster vaneyi Koehler, 1909 by subsequent designation by Madsen (1961). [details]
Type species: Thoracaster cylindratus Sladen, 1883 by monotypy. [details]
P. caeruleusSladen 1883 and H.E.S. Clark 1970 (without dipthong) are an unjustified emendment of spelling. ... [details]
Raised to genus by Fell (1963) but not adopted by subsequent workers. Not accepted even as subgenus. [details]
A synonym of A. cingulatus Sladen 1883 according to Doderlein (1917) but a valid species accoridng to Jangoux ... [details]
This name was emended from Leptychaster Smith, 1876, with type species L. kerguelenensis Smith 1876, but emendment ... [details]
A.M. Clark (1989: 296) considered that even isolation of the genus Lethmaster to a subfamily was unjustified. ... [details]
According to A.M. Clark (1989). Type lost or genus and species based only on Pl. 8, Fig. 7a,b. of Seba 1758; probably ... [details]
Must be suppressed in order to retain the better known Craspidaster hesperus according to A.M. Clark (1989). [details]
Pararchasterinae is invalidated by the synonymy of the generic name Pararchaster Sladen, 1889 with Benthopecten ... [details]
The older family group-name Mimasteridae is invalid since Mimaster Sladen, 1882 is a junior synonym of ... [details]
A NOMEN NUDUM with 'bare indication' of validity. But subsequent synonymy with Plutonaster notatus Sladen, 1889 ... [details]
unknown but probably off Natal or Mozambique; only one specimen known. [details]
near Crozet Is, Southern Ocean, 2926m [details]
off East Africa, western Indian Ocean, 183-638 m. (A.M. Clark, 1989). [details]
Subspecific name valid since not contemporaneously included in Persephonaster with P. brevispinus (Sladen, 1883, ... [details]
