Canadian Register of Marine Species - Cheiraster (Christopheraster) A.M. Clark, 1981

WoRMS taxon details

Cheiraster (Christopheraster) A.M. Clark, 1981

AphiaID

178244 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:178244)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Subgenus

Typetaxon

Archaster mirabilis Perrier, 1881 accepted as Cheiraster (Christopheraster) mirabilis (Perrier, 1881)

Parent

Cheiraster Studer, 1883

Synonymised names

Christopheraster A.M. Clark, 1981 · alternative representation

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Species Cheiraster (Christopheraster) blakei A.M. Clark, 1981
Species Cheiraster (Christopheraster) horridus Fisher, 1906
Species Cheiraster (Christopheraster) mirabilis (Perrier, 1881)
Species Cheiraster (Christopheraster) oxyacanthus (Sladen, 1889)
Species Cheiraster (Christopheraster) coronatus (Perrier, 1884) accepted as Cheiraster (Christopheraster) mirabilis (Perrier, 1881) (Synonym accoridng to A.M. Clark (1981).)
Species Cheiraster (Christopheraster) enoplus Verrill, 1915 accepted as Cheiraster (Christopheraster) mirabilis (Perrier, 1881) (Synonym according to A.M. Clark (1981))

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Clark, A. M. (1981). Notes on Atlantic and other Asteroidea. 1. Family Benthopectinidae. Bulletin of the British Museum of Natural History (Zoology) 41: 91-135., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2365197
page(s): 110 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Mah, C.L. (2024). World Asteroidea Database. Cheiraster (Christopheraster) A.M. Clark, 1981. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=178244 on 2024-11-08

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-07-29 11:05:05Z

created

Braeckman, Ulrike

2009-01-19 15:30:12Z

changed

Mah, Christopher

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original description Clark, A. M. (1981). Notes on Atlantic and other Asteroidea. 1. Family Benthopectinidae. Bulletin of the British Museum of Natural History (Zoology) 41: 91-135., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2365197
page(s): 110 [details]

original description (of Christopheraster A.M. Clark, 1981) Clark, A. M. (1981). Notes on Atlantic and other Asteroidea. 1. Family Benthopectinidae. Bulletin of the British Museum of Natural History (Zoology) 41: 91-135., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2365197
page(s): 110 [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]

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