The World Asteroidea Database - Phoxaster Sladen, 1889

Asteroidea name details

Phoxaster Sladen, 1889

AphiaID

123253 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:123253)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (Synonym according to Fisher (1940))

Accepted name

Bathybiaster Danielssen & Koren, 1883

Rank

Genus

Parent

Astropectinidae Gray, 1840

Direct children (1)

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Species Phoxaster pumilus Sladen, 1889 accepted as Bathybiaster robustus (Verrill, 1894) accepted as Bathybiaster vexillifer (Wyville Thomson, 1873) (Synonym according to Koehler (1909))

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Sladen, W.P. (1889). Report on the Asteroidea. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–1876. Zoology. 30 (part 51): xlii + 893 pages, 118 plates., available online at http://www.19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-51/README.htm
page(s): 234 [details]

Descriptive notes

Status Phoxaster Sladen in Thomson & Murray 1885 is a nomen nudum, no species named. According to A.M. Clark 1993.

Status Phoxaster Sladen in Thomson & Murray 1885 is a nomen nudum, no species named. According to A.M. Clark 1993. [details]

Taxonomic citation

Mah, C.L. (2021). World Asteroidea Database. Phoxaster Sladen, 1889. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Asteroidea../aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=123253 on 2026-03-31

Taxonomic edit history

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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

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Hansson, Hans

2009-01-17 01:37:51Z

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Mah, Christopher

2017-03-25 20:05:08Z

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Mah, Christopher

2017-06-01 19:22:08Z

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Mah, Christopher

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Notes (1)

original description Sladen, W.P. (1889). Report on the Asteroidea. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–1876. Zoology. 30 (part 51): xlii + 893 pages, 118 plates., available online at http://www.19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-51/README.htm
page(s): 234 [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]

From editor or global species database

Status Phoxaster Sladen in Thomson & Murray 1885 is a nomen nudum, no species named. According to A.M. Clark 1993. [details]