The World Asteroidea Database - Asterias (Cosmasterias) Sladen, 1889

Asteroidea name details

Asterias (Cosmasterias) Sladen, 1889

AphiaID

1725809 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1725809)

Classification

Status

unaccepted

Accepted name

Cosmasterias Sladen, 1889

Rank

Subgenus

Parent

Asterias Linnaeus, 1758

Direct children (2)

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Species Asterias (Cosmasterias) sulciferus Valenciennes (MS) in Perrier, 1869 accepted as Cosmasterias lurida (Philippi, 1858) (Synonym according to Fisher (1940))
Species Asterias (Cosmasterias) tomidata Sladen, 1889 accepted as Cosmasterias tomidata (Sladen, 1889) accepted as Cosmasterias lurida (Philippi, 1858)

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Sladen, W.P. (1889). Report on the Asteroidea. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–1876. Zoology.</em> 30 (part 51): xlii + 893 pages, 118 plates., available online at http://www.19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-51/README.htm
page(s): 576 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Mah, C.L. (2025). World Asteroidea Database. Asterias (Cosmasterias) Sladen, 1889. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Asteroidea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1725809 on 2026-07-17

Taxonomic edit history

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2023-12-28 20:03:49Z

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Mah, Christopher

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Sources (2)

original description Sladen, W.P. (1889). Report on the Asteroidea. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–1876. Zoology.</em> 30 (part 51): xlii + 893 pages, 118 plates., available online at http://www.19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-51/README.htm
page(s): 576 [details]

additional source Verrill, A.E. (1914). Monograph of the shallow-water starfishes of the North Pacific coast from the Arctic Ocean to California. Harriman Alaska series: US National Museum 14: 1-408 pp., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/20755223
page(s): 48; note: Raised to genus [details]