The World Asteroidea Database - Crateraster Spencer, 1914 †

Asteroidea taxon details

Crateraster Spencer, 1914 †

AphiaID

1316618 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1316618)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Goniasteridae Forbes, 1841

Synonymised names

Goniaster (Goniodiscus) Müller & Troschel, 1842 · unaccepted

Direct children (13)

Ordering

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Species Crateraster anchylus (Nielsen, 1943) †
Species Crateraster compactus Schulz & Weitschat, 1981 †
Species Crateraster debrisi Breton, 1992 †
Species Crateraster dubusi Breton, 1992 †
Species Crateraster favosus (Spencer, 1914) †
Species Crateraster fourayae Breton, 1992 †
Species Crateraster multiplacus Schulz & Weitschat, 1981 †
Species Crateraster poritoides (Des Moulins, 1832) †
Species Crateraster quinqueloba (Goldfuss, 1831) †
Species Crateraster reticulatus (Schulz & Weitschat, 1981) †
Species Crateraster rotundus Schulz & Weitschat, 1981 †
Species Crateraster texensis (Adkins & Winton, 1920) †
Species Crateraster obtusa (Forbes, 1848) † accepted as Calliderma obtusa (Forbes, 1848) †

Environment

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

Fossil range

fossil only

Original description

Spencer, W. K. (1914). The Evolution of the Cretaceous Asteroidea. <em>Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences.</em> 204(303-312): 99-177., available online at https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1098/rstb.1914.0004
page(s): 120 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Mah, C.L. (2024). World Asteroidea Database. Crateraster Spencer, 1914 †. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/asteroidea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1316618 on 2024-04-16

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2018-12-21 02:41:24Z

created

Mah, Christopher

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Sources (1)

original description Spencer, W. K. (1914). The Evolution of the Cretaceous Asteroidea. <em>Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences.</em> 204(303-312): 99-177., available online at https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1098/rstb.1914.0004
page(s): 120 [details]