The World Asteroidea Database - Marthasterias Jullien, 1878

Asteroidea taxon details

Marthasterias Jullien, 1878

marthasterias glacialis

AphiaID

123224 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:123224)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Marthasterias foliacea Jullien, 1878 accepted as Marthasterias glacialis (Linnaeus, 1758)

Parent

Asteriidae Gray, 1840

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Species Marthasterias africana (Müller & Troschel, 1842)
Species Marthasterias glacialis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Marthasterias foliacea Jullien, 1878 accepted as Marthasterias glacialis (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym according to Sladen (1889))
Species Marthasterias rarispina (Perrier, 1875) accepted as Marthasterias glacialis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Marthasterias sertulifera (Xantus, 1860) accepted as Astrometis sertulifera (Xantus, 1860)

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Jullien, J. (1878). Description d'un nouveau genre de Stelleride de la famille des Asteriadees. Bulletin de la Société zoologique de France. 3: 141-143., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35610102
page(s): 141 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Mah, C.L. (2021). World Asteroidea Database. Marthasterias Jullien, 1878. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Asteroidea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=123224 on 2026-04-29

Taxonomic edit history

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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

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Hansson, Hans

2008-12-29 02:59:07Z

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Mah, Christopher

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original description Jullien, J. (1878). Description d'un nouveau genre de Stelleride de la famille des Asteriadees. Bulletin de la Société zoologique de France. 3: 141-143., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35610102
page(s): 141 [details]

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

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

additional source Hansson, H. G. (1998). NEAT (North East Atlantic Taxa): Scandinavian Echinodermata Check-List (Comp.). , available online at https://www.gu.se/sites/default/files/2020-10/NEAT%2AEchinodermata.pdf [details]