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Solaster Forbes, 1839

Solaster endeca
Solaster endeca

123338  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:123338)

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Endeca Gray, 1840 · unaccepted (Synonym )

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  1. Species Solaster abyssicola Verrill, 1885
  2. Species Solaster arctica Verrill, 1914
  3. Species Solaster benedicti Verrill, 1894
  4. Species Solaster borealis (Fisher, 1906)
  5. Species Solaster caribbaeus Verrill, 1915
  6. Species Solaster dawsoni Verrill, 1880
  7. Species Solaster earlli Verrill, 1879
  8. Species Solaster endeca (Linnaeus, 1771)
  9. Species Solaster exiguus Fisher, 1910
  10. Species Solaster glacialis Danielssen & Koren, 1881
  11. Species Solaster haliplous Djakonov, 1958
  12. Species Solaster hexactis Clark & Jewett, 2011
  13. Species Solaster hypothrissus Fisher, 1910
  14. Species Solaster intermedius Hayashi, 1939
  15. Species Solaster namakae Mah, 2022
  16. Species Solaster notophrynus Downey, 1971
  17. Species Solaster pacificus Djakonov, 1938
  18. Species Solaster paxillatus Sladen, 1889
  19. Species Solaster regularis Sladen, 1889
  20. Species Solaster spectabilis Clark & Jewett, 2011
  21. Species Solaster stimpsoni Verrill, 1880
  22. Species Solaster syrtensis Verrill, 1894
  23. Species Solaster torulatus Sladen, 1889
  24. Species Solaster tropicus Fisher, 1913
  25. Species Solaster uchidai Hayashi, 1939
  26. Species Solaster pentactis Perrier, 1884 (Perrier, 1891) accepted as Lophaster pentactis Perrier, 1891 accepted as Lophaster stellans Sladen, 1889 (uncertain > nomen dubium, original designation but see Note and Perrier 1891)
  27. Subgenus Solaster (Endeca) Gray, 1840 accepted as Endeca Gray, 1840 accepted as Solaster Forbes, 1839
  28. Subgenus Solaster (Polyaster) Gray, 1840 accepted as Polyaster Gray, 1840 accepted as Crossaster Müller & Troschel, 1840
  29. Species Solaster affinis (Brandt, 1835) accepted as Crossaster papposus (Linnaeus, 1767) (synonym)
  30. Species Solaster asperatus Koehler, 1920 accepted as Paralophaster godfroyi asperatus (Koehler, 1920) accepted as Paralophaster godfroyi (Koehler, 1912)
  31. Species Solaster australis (Perrier, 1891) accepted as Solaster regularis Sladen, 1889 (Synonym according to Fisher (1940))
  32. Species Solaster constellatus Verrill, 1909 accepted as Solaster stimpsoni Verrill, 1880 (Synonym according to Fisher (1930))
  33. Species Solaster decanus (Müller & Troschel, 1843) accepted as Plectaster decanus (Muller & Troschel, 1843)
  34. Species Solaster decemradiatus (Brandt, 1835) accepted as Solaster stimpsoni Verrill, 1880
  35. Species Solaster diamesus Djakonov, 1932 accepted as Crossaster diamesus (Djakonov, 1932)
  36. Species Solaster dianae Stampanato & Jangoux, 2004 accepted as Solaster notophrynus Downey, 1971 (synonym)
  37. Species Solaster echinatus Storm, 1888 accepted as Solaster glacialis Danielssen & Koren, 1881 (synonym according to Koehler (1909))
  38. Species Solaster furcifer Düben & Koren, 1846 accepted as Lophaster furcifer (Düben & Koren, 1846) (synonym)
  39. Species Solaster galaxides Verrill, 1909 accepted as Solaster endeca (Linnaeus, 1771) (Synonym according to Fisher (1911))
  40. Species Solaster godfroyi Koehler, 1912 accepted as Paralophaster godfroyi (Koehler, 1912)
  41. Species Solaster gracilis Grube, 1865 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
  42. Species Solaster incertus Koehler, 1917 accepted as Myoraster Fisher, 1940 accepted as Paralophaster Fisher, 1940
  43. Species Solaster intermedius Sluiter, 1895 accepted as Solaster endeca (Linnaeus, 1771) (synonym according to (Engel, 1935))
  44. Species Solaster japonicus Fisher, 1911 accepted as Crossaster japonicus (Fisher, 1911)
  45. Species Solaster longoi Stampanato & Jangoux, 1993 accepted as Solaster regularis Sladen, 1889
  46. Species Solaster lorioli Koehler, 1907 accepted as Paralophaster lorioli (Koehler, 1907)
  47. Species Solaster moretonis Forbes, 1856 † accepted as Brachisolaster moretonis (Forbes, 1856) †
  48. Species Solaster octoradiatus Ludwig, 1903 accepted as Solaster regularis subarcuatus Sladen, 1889 accepted as Solaster regularis Sladen, 1889 (Synonym according to Fisher (1940))
  49. Species Solaster papposus (Linnaeus, 1767) accepted as Crossaster papposus (Linnaeus, 1767) (synonym)
  50. Species Solaster penicillatus (Sladen, 1889) accepted as Crossaster penicillatus Sladen, 1889
  51. Species Solaster radians (Perrier, 1881) accepted as Leilaster radians (Perrier, 1881) (subsequent combination by Perrier, 1884)
  52. Species Solaster scotophilus Fisher, 1913 accepted as Crossaster scotophilus (Fisher, 1913)
  53. Species Solaster squamatus Döderlein, 1900 accepted as Crossaster squamatus (Döderlein, 1900) (synonym)
  54. Species Solaster subarcuatus Sladen, 1889 accepted as Solaster regularis subarcuatus Sladen, 1889 accepted as Solaster regularis Sladen, 1889 (Subspecies according to Fisher (1940))
  55. Species Solaster tumida Stuxberg, 1878 accepted as Poraniomorpha (Poraniomorpha) tumida (Stuxberg, 1878) (synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Forbes, E. (1839). On the Asteriadae of the Irish Sea. <em>Memoirs of the Wernerian Natural History Society of Edinburgh.</em> 8: 114-129., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35485580
page(s): 120 [details] 
Mah, C.L. (2021). World Asteroidea Database. Solaster Forbes, 1839. Accessed at: http://www.marinespecies.org/Asteroidea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=123338 on 2026-01-08
Date
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by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
created
Hansson, Hans
2007-06-08 22:54:21Z
changed
Vanden Berghe, Edward
2008-01-19 09:31:50Z
changed
Mah, Christopher

original description Forbes, E. (1839). On the Asteriadae of the Irish Sea. <em>Memoirs of the Wernerian Natural History Society of Edinburgh.</em> 8: 114-129., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35485580
page(s): 120 [details] 

original description (of Endeca Gray, 1840) Gray, J.E. (1840). XXII. A synopsis of the genera and species of the class Hypostoma (Asterias, Linnaeus). <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> 6: 175-184., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2335959
page(s): 183 [details] 

original description (of Solaster (Endeca) Gray, 1840) Gray, J.E. (1840). XXII. A synopsis of the genera and species of the class Hypostoma (Asterias, Linnaeus). <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> 6: 175-184., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2335959
page(s): 183 [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 Rowe, F. W. E.; Gates, J. (1995). Echinodermata. <em>In: Wells, A.; Houston, W.W.K. (Ed.) Zoological catalogue of Australia, 33. CSIRO: Melbourne. ISBN 0-643-05696-3. XIII.</em> 510 pp. [details] 

additional source Clark, A. M. (1996). An index of names of recent Asteroidea, part 3. Velatida and Spinulosida. <em>In: Jangoux, M.; Lawrence, J.M. (Ed.) (1996). Echinoderm Studies.</em> 5: 183-250. (look up in IMIS) [details] 
 
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