The World Asteroidea Database - Asterodiscides A. M. Clark, 1974

Asteroidea taxon details

Asterodiscides A. M. Clark, 1974

AphiaID

205848 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:205848)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Asterodiscididae Rowe, 1977

Synonymised names

Asterodiscus Gray, 1847 · unaccepted (Homonym)

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Species Asterodiscides belli Rowe, 1977
Species Asterodiscides bicornutus Lane & Rowe, 2009
Species Asterodiscides cherbonnieri Rowe, 1985
Species Asterodiscides conulus Mah in Mah et al., 2026
Species Asterodiscides crosnieri Rowe, 1985
Species Asterodiscides culcitulus Rowe, 1977
Species Asterodiscides elegans (Gray, 1847)
Species Asterodiscides fourmanoiri Rowe, 1985
Species Asterodiscides grayi Rowe, 1977
Species Asterodiscides helonotus (Fisher, 1913)
Species Asterodiscides japonicus Imaoka, Irimura, Okutani, Oguro, Oji & Kanazawa, 1991
Species Asterodiscides lacrimulus Rowe, 1977
Species Asterodiscides macroplax Rowe, 1985
Species Asterodiscides multispinus Rowe, 1985
Species Asterodiscides pinguiculus Rowe, 1977
Species Asterodiscides soleae Rowe, 1985
Species Asterodiscides tessellatus Rowe, 1977
Species Asterodiscides truncatus (Coleman, 1911)
Species Asterodiscides tuberculosus (Fisher, 1906)

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Clark, A. M. (1974). Notes on some echinoderms from southern Africa. Bulletin of the British Museum of Natural History (Zoology). 26(6): 423-487, 3 pls, 16 figs, 1 map, 3 tables., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2294231
page(s): 435 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Mah, C.L. (2025). World Asteroidea Database. Asterodiscides A. M. Clark, 1974. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/asteroidea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=205848 on 2026-08-05

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

1999-06-12 17:04:53Z

created

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2000-09-25 12:31:29Z

changed

Garcia, Maria

2006-09-06 06:55:51Z

changed

Martinez, Olga

2008-01-21 08:09:52Z

changed

Mah, Christopher

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original description Clark, A. M. (1974). Notes on some echinoderms from southern Africa. Bulletin of the British Museum of Natural History (Zoology). 26(6): 423-487, 3 pls, 16 figs, 1 map, 3 tables., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2294231
page(s): 435 [details]

original description (of Asterodiscus Gray, 1847) Gray, J.E. (1847). Descriptions of some new genera and species of Asteriadae. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 72-83., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12862856
page(s): 75 [details]

additional source Neave, S.A. (1939 - 1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus. vol. 1-10 Online., available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]

additional source Rowe, F. W. E. (1985). Six new species of Asterodiscides A.M. Clark (Echinodermata, Asteroidea) with a discussion of the origin and distribution of the Asterodiscididae and other 'amphi-Pacific echinoderms. Bulletin du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle. Section A: Zoologie, biologie et écologie animales. 7(3): 531-577., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/p.285862 [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Unreviewed

Remark nom. nov. for Asterodiscus Gray, 1847. Type species: Asterodiscus elegans Gray 1847, by monotypy (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]

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Language	Name
Japanese	ナンカイヒトデ属	[details]

To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Asterodiscus) (from synonym Asterodiscus Gray, 1847)