The World Asteroidea Database - Perknaster Sladen, 1889

Asteroidea taxon details

Perknaster Sladen, 1889

Perknaster sp.

AphiaID

172579 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:172579)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Perknaster fuscus Sladen, 1889

Parent

Ganeriinae Sladen, 1889

Synonymised names

Cribellopsis Koehler, 1917 · unaccepted (A synonym according to Fisher (1940))

Cribraster Perrier, 1891 · unaccepted (A synonym according to Fisher (1940))

Cryaster Koehler, 1906 · unaccepted (A synonym according to Fisher (1940))

Direct children (7)

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Species Perknaster antarcticus (Koehler, 1906)
Species Perknaster aurantiacus Koehler, 1912
Species Perknaster aurorae (Koehler, 1920)
Species Perknaster charcoti (Koehler, 1912)
Species Perknaster densus Sladen, 1889
Species Perknaster fuscus Sladen, 1889
Species Perknaster sladeni (Perrier, 1891)

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): 550 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Mah, C.L. (2025). World Asteroidea Database. Perknaster Sladen, 1889. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Asteroidea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=172579 on 2026-02-17

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-07-12 13:53:46Z

created

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2005-07-28 06:51:10Z

changed

Braeckman, Ulrike

2008-06-11 12:57:51Z

checked

Danis, Bruno

2008-12-08 02:38:14Z

changed

Mah, Christopher

2022-09-10 16:40:51Z

changed

Mah, Christopher

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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): 550 [details]

original description (of Cribellopsis Koehler, 1917) Koehler R. (1917). Échinodermes (astéries, ophiures et échinides) Recueillis par M. Rallier du Baty, aux îles Kerguelen, en 1913-1914. Annales de l'Institut océanographique. 7(8): 87pp., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45381490
page(s): 36 [details]

original description (of Cribraster Perrier, 1891) Perrier, E. (1891). Echinoderma I. Stellérides. Mission Scientifique du Cap Horn, 1882-83. 6.Zoologie (3), Paris. 1-198 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34621706
page(s): K.104 [details]

original description (of Cryaster Koehler, 1906) Koehler, R. (1906). Expédition Antarctique Francaise (1903-1905) - Échinodermes (Stéllérides, Ophiures et Échinides). Expédition Charcot. 1-41., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/951182
page(s): 24 [details]

basis of record Clarke, Andrew; Johnston, Nadine M. (2003). Antarctic marine benthic diversity. Oceanography and Marine Biology: an Annual Review. 41: 47-114. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors