Abyssaster Madsen, 1961 (basis of record)
Abyssaster planus (Sladen, 1883) (additional source)
Abyssaster tara (Wood-Mason & Alcock, 1891) (basis of record)
Asteroidea (additional source)
Astropecten Gray, 1840 (additional source)
Astropecten cingulatus Sladen, 1883 (basis of record)
Bathybiaster loripes loripes Sladen, 1889 (basis of record)
Benthopecten Verrill, 1884 (additional source)
Benthopecten pedicifer (Sladen, 1889) (basis of record)
Cheiraster Studer, 1883 (additional source)
Cheiraster (Luidiaster) antarcticus (Koehler, 1907) (basis of record)
Cheiraster (Luidiaster) gerlachei Ludwig, 1903 (basis of record)
Cheiraster (Luidiaster) hirsutus (Studer, 1884) (basis of record)
Ctenodiscus procurator Sladen, 1889 (basis of record)
Dytaster Sladen, 1889 (basis of record)
Dytaster aequivocus Sladen, 1889 (basis of record)
Dytaster agassizi Perrier, 1894 (basis of record)
Dytaster biserialis Sladen, 1889 accepted as
Dytaster insignis (Perrier, 1884) (basis of record)
Dytaster cherbonnieri Sibuet, 1975 (basis of record)
Dytaster demonstrans Ludwig, 1905 accepted as
Dytaster gilberti Fisher, 1905 (basis of record)
Dytaster evaulus Fisher, 1913 represented as
Dytaster (Koremaster) evaulus Fisher, 1913 (basis of record)
Dytaster exilis Sladen, 1889 (basis of record)
Dytaster insignis (Perrier, 1884) (additional source)
Dytaster intermedius Perrier, 1891 (basis of record)
Dytaster madreporifer Sladen, 1889 accepted as
Dytaster grandis grandis (Verrill, 1884) (basis of record)
Dytaster mollis (Perrier, 1885) (basis of record)
Dytaster nobilis Sladen, 1889 (basis of record)
Dytaster rigidus Perrier, 1894 (basis of record)
Dytaster semispinosus (Perrier, 1894) (basis of record)
Dytaster spinosus Sladen, 1889 (basis of record)
Eremicaster Fisher, 1905 (basis of record)
Eremicaster crassus (Sladen, 1883) (basis of record)
Eremicaster vicinus Ludwig, 1907 (basis of record)
Hyphalaster planus Sladen, 1883 accepted as
Abyssaster planus (Sladen, 1883) (additional source)
Hyphalaster scotiae Koehler, 1907 (basis of record)
Koremaster Fisher, 1913 (basis of record)
Koremaster evaulus (Fisher, 1913) (basis of record)
Luidia Forbes, 1839 (additional source)
Luidia sagamina Döderlein, 1920 (basis of record)
Luidiaster planeta (Sladen, 1889) accepted as
Cheiraster (Luidiaster) planeta (Sladen, 1889) (basis of record)
Luidiidae Sladen, 1889 (additional source)
Lysaster Bell, 1909 (basis of record)
Lysaster lorioli Bell, 1909 (basis of record)
Macroptychaster accrescens (Koehler, 1920) (basis of record)
Mimaster Sladen, 1882 accepted as
Radiaster Perrier, 1881 (additional source)
Pararchaster Sladen, 1885 accepted as
Benthopecten Verrill, 1884 (additional source)
Paxillosida (basis of record)
Pectinaster Perrier, 1885 (additional source)
Pectinaster dispar Verrill, 1915 accepted as
Cheiraster (Cheiraster) sepitus (Verrill, 1885) (additional source)
Pectinaster filholi Perrier, 1885 (additional source)
Pectinidiscus Ludwig, 1907 (basis of record)
Pectinidiscus annae Ludwig, 1907 (basis of record)
Persephonaster Wood-Mason & Alcock, 1891 (basis of record)
Persephonaster cingulatus (Fisher, 1906) (basis of record)
Persephonaster facetus (Koehler, 1907) (additional source)
Persephonaster sewelli Macan, 1938 (basis of record)
Plutonaster Sladen, 1889 (additional source)
Plutonaster bifrons (Wyville Thomson, 1873) (additional source)
Porcellanaster Wyville Thomson, 1878 (additional source)
Porcellanaster ceruleus Wyville Thomson, 1878 (additional source)
Porcellanasteridae Sladen, 1883 (additional source)
Psilaster attenuatus Fisher, 1906 (basis of record)
Psilaster charcoti (Koehler, 1906) (basis of record)
Psilasteropsis Fisher, 1906 accepted as
Persephonaster Wood-Mason & Alcock, 1891 (additional source)
Psilasteropsis facetus Koehler, 1907 accepted as
Persephonaster facetus (Koehler, 1907) (basis of record)
Sidonaster Koehler, 1909 (basis of record)
Sidonaster vaneyi Koehler, 1909 (basis of record)
Styracaster Sladen, 1883 (additional source)
Styracaster armatus Sladen, 1883 (additional source)
Styracaster caroli Ludwig, 1907 (basis of record)
Styracaster elongatus Koehler, 1907 (additional source)
Styracaster robustus Koehler, 1907 (basis of record)
Tethyaster Sladen, 1889 (additional source)
Thoracaster Sladen, 1883 (additional source)
Thoracaster cylindratus Sladen, 1883 (additional source)
Tritonaster Fisher, 1906 (basis of record)
Tritonaster craspedotus Fisher, 1906 (basis of record)
Crozet Islands Exclusive Economic Zone for
Benthopecten pedicifer (Sladen, 1889)
East Africa for
Pectinidiscus annae Ludwig, 1907
East Africa for
Pectinidiscus annae Ludwig, 1907
East Africa for
Sidonaster vaneyi Koehler, 1909
Gulf of Oman for
Sidonaster vaneyi Koehler, 1909
Kerguelen Exclusive Economic Zone for
Cheiraster (Luidiaster) hirsutus (Studer, 1884)
Madagascar for
Styracaster elongatus Koehler, 1907
Mauritian Exclusive Economic Zone for
Lysaster lorioli Bell, 1909
South Africa (country) for
Benthopecten pedicifer (Sladen, 1889) (
doubtful)
South Africa (country) for
Cheiraster (Cheiraster) triplacanthus Fisher, 1913
South Africa (country) for
Cheiraster (Luidiaster) hirsutus (Studer, 1884)
South Africa (country) for
Pectinaster filholi echinatus (Sladen, 1889)
Tanzanian Exclusive Economic Zone for
Persephonaster sewelli Macan, 1938
Tanzanian Exclusive Economic Zone for
Styracaster caroli Ludwig, 1907
Description
Species does not occur in the western Indian Ocean (Aziz (1986) cited in Walenkamp (1990)).
Also distributed in ... [details]
Description
Depth range: 2600-4820 m (Clark, 1989) [details]
Distribution
Distribution: western Indian Ocean (A.M. Clark, 1989). [details]
Distribution
Also distributed in Persian Gulf (Clark & Rowe, 1971). [details]
Distribution
Distribution: Indian Ocean (A.M. Clark, 1989). [details]
Distribution
Distribution: Indian Ocean (A.M. Clark, 1989). [details]
Distribution
Distribution: Indian Ocean (A.M. Clark, 1989). [details]
Distribution
Also reported from St Helena, Gambia-Congo (Clark & Courtman-Stock, 1976 <554>) [details]
Distribution
Distribution: Western Indian Ocean (A.M. Clark, 1989). [details]
Distribution
Distribution: Indian Ocean west of Sri Lanka (A.M. Clark, 1989). [details]
Distribution
Distribution: various parts of the Indian Ocean (A.M. Clark, 1989). [details]
Homonymy
Referred to Dytaster (Astropectinidae) by Perrier (1884) so becoming a homonym of Dytaster insignis (Perrier, 1884) ... [details]
Remark
Type species: Asterias aranciana Linnaeus 1758, by subsequent designation by Fisher, 1908 (A.M. Clark, 1989). In ... [details]
Remark
According to A.M. Clark (1989: 309): "Just sufficient indication to validate" [details]
Remark
A.M. Clark (1989: 312) indicates that there is "Just sufficient indication to validate". [details]
Remark
Type species: Porcellanaster (Eremicaster) tenebrarius Fisher, 1905 (=Eremicaster crassus (Sladen 1883)). [details]
Remark
Type species: Luidia fragilissima Forbes, 1839 (=Asterias ciliaris Philippi, 1837) by original designation (Rowe & ... [details]
Remark
Type species: Pectinidiscus annae Ludwig in Chun, 1900. [details]
Remark
Type species: Persephonaster croceus Wood-Mason & Alcock, 1891 by subsequent designation by Fisher (1905). [details]
Remark
Syntypes in Natural History Museum, London (England) 1890.5.7.118 (3 specimens), 1890.5.7.119 (2 specimens) and ... [details]
Remark
Type species: Sidonaster vaneyi Koehler, 1909 by subsequent designation by Madsen (1961). [details]
Remark
Type species: Thoracaster cylindratus Sladen, 1883 by monotypy. [details]
Spelling
Misspelled as "Luidia singapurensis" in A.M. Clark (1989). pg. 248 [details]
Spelling
P. caeruleusSladen 1883 and H.E.S. Clark 1970 (without dipthong) are an unjustified emendment of spelling. ... [details]
Synonymy
Raised to genus by Fell (1963) but not adopted by subsequent workers. Not accepted even as subgenus. [details]
Synonymy
A synonym of A. cingulatus Sladen 1883 according to Doderlein (1917) but a valid species accoridng to Jangoux ... [details]
Synonymy
This name was emended from Leptychaster Smith, 1876, with type species L. kerguelenensis Smith 1876, but emendment ... [details]
Synonymy
A.M. Clark (1989: 296) considered that even isolation of the genus Lethmaster to a subfamily was unjustified. ... [details]
Synonymy
According to A.M. Clark (1989). Type lost or genus and species based only on Pl. 8, Fig. 7a,b. of Seba 1758; probably ... [details]
Synonymy
Must be suppressed in order to retain the better known Craspidaster hesperus according to A.M. Clark (1989). [details]
Synonymy
Pararchasterinae is invalidated by the synonymy of the generic name Pararchaster Sladen, 1889 with Benthopecten ... [details]
Synonymy
The older family group-name Mimasteridae is invalid since Mimaster Sladen, 1882 is a junior synonym of ... [details]
Taxonomy
A NOMEN NUDUM with 'bare indication' of validity. But subsequent synonymy with Plutonaster notatus Sladen, 1889 ... [details]
Type locality
unknown but probably off Natal or Mozambique; only one specimen known. [details]
Type locality
near Crozet Is, Southern Ocean, 2926m [details]
Type locality
off East Africa, western Indian Ocean, 183-638 m. (A.M. Clark, 1989). [details]
Validity
Subspecific name valid since not contemporaneously included in Persephonaster with P. brevispinus (Sladen, 1883, ... [details]