WoRMS taxon details
Paralophaster Fisher, 1940
Myoraster Fisher, 1940 · unaccepted (Synonym according to A.M. Clark (1962))
Solaster incertus Koehler, 1917 · unaccepted
- Species Paralophaster antarcticus (Koehler, 1912)
- Species Paralophaster densus (Fisher, 1940)
- Species Paralophaster ferax Mah, 2023
- Species Paralophaster godfroyi (Koehler, 1912)
- Species Paralophaster gomo Mah & Fujita, 2020
- Species Paralophaster hyalinus H.E.S. Clark, 1970
- Species Paralophaster incertus (Koehler, 1917)
- Species Paralophaster lorioli (Koehler, 1907)
- Species Paralophaster paucispinus Mah, 2023
- Species Paralophaster asperatus (Koehler, 1920) accepted as Paralophaster godfroyi asperatus (Koehler, 1920) accepted as Paralophaster godfroyi (Koehler, 1912)
- Species Paralophaster meseres Fisher, 1940 accepted as Paralophaster godfroyi asperatus (Koehler, 1920) accepted as Paralophaster godfroyi (Koehler, 1912) (Synonym according to A.M. Clark (1962))
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Fisher, W.K. (1940). Asteroidea. Discovery Reports 20: 69-306., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5609973 [details]
Mah, C.L. (2025). World Asteroidea Database. Paralophaster Fisher, 1940. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=172594 on 2025-11-11
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Nomenclature
original description
Fisher, W.K. (1940). Asteroidea. Discovery Reports 20: 69-306., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5609973 [details]
original description (of Myoraster Fisher, 1940) Fisher, W.K. (1940). Asteroidea. Discovery Reports 20: 69-306., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5609973
page(s): 181 [details]
original description (of Solaster incertus Koehler, 1917) Koehler R. (1917). Échinodermes (astéries, ophiures et échinides) Recueillis par M. Rallier du Baty, aux îles Kerguelen, en 1913-1914. <em>Annales de l'Institut océanographique.</em> 7(8): 87pp., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45381490
page(s): 40 [details]
basis of record Clarke, Andrew; Johnston, Nadine M. (2003). Antarctic marine benthic diversity. <em>Oceanography and Marine Biology: an Annual Review.</em> 41: 47-114. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Myoraster Fisher, 1940) Fisher, W.K. (1940). Asteroidea. Discovery Reports 20: 69-306., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5609973
page(s): 181 [details]
original description (of Solaster incertus Koehler, 1917) Koehler R. (1917). Échinodermes (astéries, ophiures et échinides) Recueillis par M. Rallier du Baty, aux îles Kerguelen, en 1913-1914. <em>Annales de l'Institut océanographique.</em> 7(8): 87pp., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45381490
page(s): 40 [details]
basis of record Clarke, Andrew; Johnston, Nadine M. (2003). Antarctic marine benthic diversity. <em>Oceanography and Marine Biology: an Annual Review.</em> 41: 47-114. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]Other
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]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
