The World Asteroidea Database - Pterasterides Verrill, 1909

Asteroidea name details

Pterasterides Verrill, 1909

AphiaID

146087 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:146087)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (synonym)

Accepted Name

Pteraster Müller & Troschel, 1842

Rank

Genus

Parent

Pterasteridae Perrier, 1875

Direct children (1)

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Species Pterasterides aporus (Ludwig, 1886) accepted as Pteraster militaris (O.F. Müller, 1776) (Synonym according to Fisher (1911))

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Verrill, A.E. (1909). Remarkable development of starfishes on the Northwest American coast; hybridism; multiplicity of rays; teratology; problems in evolution; geographical distribution. American Naturalist. 43(513): 542-555., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43286584
page(s): 547 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Mah, C.L. (2021). World Asteroidea Database. Pterasterides Verrill, 1909. Accessed at: http://www.marinespecies.org/Asteroidea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=146087 on 2024-04-20

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Hansson, Hans

2009-01-20 18:13:59Z

changed

Mah, Christopher

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Notes (1)

original description Verrill, A.E. (1909). Remarkable development of starfishes on the Northwest American coast; hybridism; multiplicity of rays; teratology; problems in evolution; geographical distribution. American Naturalist. 43(513): 542-555., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43286584
page(s): 547 [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]

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Synonymy A synonym according to Fisher (1911), Mortensen (1927), and Djakonov (1950), though maintained as Valid by Verrill (1914). [details]