Canadian Register of Marine Species - Pteraster Müller & Troschel, 1842

AfReMaS taxon details

Pteraster Müller & Troschel, 1842

AphiaID

123335 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:123335)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Pterasteridae Perrier, 1875

Synonymised names

Retaster Perrier, 1878 · unaccepted (Subgenus according to Fisher (1940).)

Direct children (5)

Ordering

Alphabetically
By status

Children Display

direct main ranks all

Species Pteraster affinis Smith, 1876
Species Pteraster capensis Gray, 1847
Species Pteraster flabellifer Mortensen, 1933
Species Pteraster fornicatus Mortensen, 1933
Species Pteraster personatus Sladen, 1891

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Müller, J. and Troschel, F. H. (1842). System der Asteriden.1. Asteriae. 2. Ophiuridae. Vieweg: Braunschweig. xxx+134 pp. 12 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/44159
page(s): 127 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Mah, C.L. (2021). World Asteroidea Database. Pteraster Müller & Troschel, 1842. Accessed through: Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2021) African Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=123335 on 2025-07-20

Regional species database citation

Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2025). African Register of Marine Species. Pteraster Müller & Troschel, 1842. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=123335 on 2025-07-20

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Hansson, Hans

2008-01-19 09:31:50Z

changed

Mah, Christopher

2008-10-25 03:22:57Z

changed

Mah, Christopher

[taxonomic tree]

original description Müller, J. and Troschel, F. H. (1842). System der Asteriden.1. Asteriae. 2. Ophiuridae. Vieweg: Braunschweig. xxx+134 pp. 12 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/44159
page(s): 127 [details]

original description (of Retaster Perrier, 1878) Sladen, W.P. (1889). Report on the Asteroidea. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–1876. Zoology. 30 (part 51): xlii + 893 pages, 118 plates., available online at http://www.19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-51/README.htm [details]

basis of record Hansson, H.G. (2001). Echinodermata, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,. 50: pp. 336-351. (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source Hansson, H. G. (1998). NEAT (North East Atlantic Taxa): Scandinavian Echinodermata Check-List (Comp.). , available online at https://www.gu.se/sites/default/files/2020-10/NEAT%2AEchinodermata.pdf [details]

additional source Clark, A. M. (1996). An index of names of recent Asteroidea, part 3. Velatida and Spinulosida. In: Jangoux, M.; Lawrence, J.M. (Ed.) (1996). Echinoderm Studies. 5: 183-250. (look up in IMIS) [details]