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Asteroidea taxon details
Abyssaster
Madsen, 1961
AphiaID
205747
(urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:205747)
Classification
Biota
Animalia
Echinodermata
Asterozoa
Asteroidea
Ambuloasteroidea
Neoasteroidea
Valvatacea
Paxillosida
Porcellanasteridae
Abyssaster
Status
accepted
Rank
Genus
Parent
Porcellanasteridae Sladen, 1883
Direct children (3)
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Species
Abyssaster diadematus
(Sladen, 1883)
Species
Abyssaster planus
(Sladen, 1883)
Species
Abyssaster tara
(Wood-Mason & Alcock, 1891)
Environment
marine,
brackish
,
fresh
,
terrestrial
Original description
Madsen F.J. (1961). The Porcellanasteridae. A monographic revision of an abyssal group of sea-stars. Galathea Reports. 4: 33-174
,
available online at
https://digit.snm.ku.dk/Documentsonline/GalatheaReports/galathea-vol.04-pp_033-176.pdf
page(s): 72
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Taxonomic citation
Mah, C.L. (2025). World Asteroidea Database.
Abyssaster
Madsen, 1961. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Asteroidea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=205747 on 2026-05-04
Taxonomic edit history
Date
action
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1999-07-15 21:09:17Z
created
Vanden Berghe, Edward
2006-09-04 06:53:11Z
changed
Martinez, Olga
2008-06-11 12:57:51Z
checked
Danis, Bruno
2019-07-01 06:40:03Z
changed
Mah, Christopher
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Sources (3)
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Attributes (3)
Links (2)
original description
Madsen F.J. (1961). The Porcellanasteridae. A monographic revision of an abyssal group of sea-stars. Galathea Reports. 4: 33-174
,
available online at
https://digit.snm.ku.dk/Documentsonline/GalatheaReports/galathea-vol.04-pp_033-176.pdf
page(s): 72
[details]
Available for editors
basis of record
Clark, A. M. (1989). An index of names of recent Asteroidea, part 1: Paxillosida and Notomyotida. <em>In: Jangoux, M.; Lawrence, J.M. (Ed.) (1996). Echinoderm Studies.</em> 3: 225-347.
(look up in
IMIS
)
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additional source
Neave, S.A. (1939 - 1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus. vol. 1-10 Online.
,
available online at
https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about
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Introduced: alien
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