The World Asteroidea Database - Plectaster decanus (Muller & Troschel, 1843)

Asteroidea taxon details

Plectaster decanus (Muller & Troschel, 1843)

AphiaID

292754 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:292754)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Plectaster Sladen, 1889

Original name

Echinaster decanus Müller & Troschel, 1843

Synonymised names

Echinaster decanus Müller & Troschel, 1843 · unaccepted

Solaster decanus (Müller & Troschel, 1843) · unaccepted

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

(of Echinaster decanus Müller & Troschel, 1843) Müller, J.; Troschel, F. H. (1843). Neue Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Asteriden. <em>Archiv für Naturgeschichte.</em> 9(1), 113-131., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13703144
page(s): 114 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Mah, C.L. (2025). World Asteroidea Database. Plectaster decanus (Muller & Troschel, 1843). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/asteroidea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=292754 on 2026-08-09

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2008-01-24 09:19:09Z

created

Mah, Christopher

2020-01-10 06:35:43Z

changed

Mah, Christopher

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original description (of Echinaster decanus Müller & Troschel, 1843) Müller, J.; Troschel, F. H. (1843). Neue Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Asteriden. <em>Archiv für Naturgeschichte.</em> 9(1), 113-131., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13703144
page(s): 114 [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Definitions

To Barcode of Life
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Echinaster decanus Müller & Troschel, 1843)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Plectaster decanus)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (1 record)