The World Asteroidea Database - Astroceramus Fisher, 1906

Asteroidea taxon details

Astroceramus Fisher, 1906

AphiaID

178069 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:178069)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Typetaxon

Astroceramus callimorphus Fisher, 1906 (type by monotypy)

Parent

Goniasteridae Forbes, 1841

Direct children (11)

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Species Astroceramus boninensis Kogure & Tachikawa, 2009
Species Astroceramus brachyactis H.L. Clark, 1941
Species Astroceramus cadessus Macan, 1938
Species Astroceramus callimorphus Fisher, 1906
Species Astroceramus denticulatus McKnight, 2006
Species Astroceramus eldredgei Mah, 2015
Species Astroceramus eleaumei Mah, 2018
Species Astroceramus fisheri Koehler, 1909
Species Astroceramus kintana Mah, 2018
Species Astroceramus lionotus Fisher, 1913
Species Astroceramus sphaeriostictus Fisher, 1913

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Fisher, W.K. (1906). The starfishes of the Hawaiian islands. Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission, 23: 987-1130., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51691707
page(s): 1056 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Mah, C.L. (2024). World Asteroidea Database. Astroceramus Fisher, 1906. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Asteroidea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=178069 on 2024-04-19

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-07-28 06:51:10Z

created

Braeckman, Ulrike

2008-12-13 01:01:45Z

changed

Mah, Christopher

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Sources (3)
Documented distribution (0)

original description Fisher, W.K. (1906). The starfishes of the Hawaiian islands. Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission, 23: 987-1130., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51691707
page(s): 1056 [details]

basis of record Clark, A. M.; Downey, M. E. (1992). Starfishes of the Atlantic. <i>Chapman & Hall Identification Guides</i>, 3. Chapman & Hall. London, UK. ISBN 0-412-43280-3. xxvi, 794 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source Mah, C.L.; McKnight, D.G.; Eagle, M.K.; Pawson, D.L.; Améziane, N.; Vance, D.J.; Baker, A.N.; Clark, H.E.S.; Davey, N. (2009). Phylum Echinodermata: sea stars, brittle stars, sea urchins, sea cucumbers, sea lilies. In: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. pp. 371-400. [details]

Present

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Introduced: alien

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