World Register of Deep-Sea species - Diplasterias Perrier, 1891

Deep-Sea taxon details

Diplasterias Perrier, 1891

AphiaID

172529 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:172529)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Asteriidae Gray, 1840

Direct children (5)

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Species Diplasterias brandti (Bell, 1881)
Species Diplasterias brucei (Koehler, 1907)
Species Diplasterias kerguelensis (Koehler, 1917)
Species Diplasterias meridionalis (Perrier, 1875)
Species Diplasterias octoradiata (Studer, 1885)

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Perrier, E. (1891). Echinoderma I. Stellérides. Mission Scientifique du Cap Horn, 1882-83. 6.Zoologie (3), Paris. 1-198 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34621706
page(s): K.77 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Mah, C.L. (2025). World Asteroidea Database. Diplasterias Perrier, 1891. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=172529 on 2026-10-16

Thematic species database citation

Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Diplasterias Perrier, 1891. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=172529 on 2026-10-16

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-07-12 13:53:46Z

created

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2006-07-31 06:57:06Z

changed

Camba Reu, Cibran

2008-06-11 12:57:51Z

checked

Danis, Bruno

2008-12-28 23:54:02Z

changed

Mah, Christopher

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original description Perrier, E. (1891). Echinoderma I. Stellérides. Mission Scientifique du Cap Horn, 1882-83. 6.Zoologie (3), Paris. 1-198 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34621706
page(s): K.77 [details]

basis of record Clarke, A.; Johnston, N.M. (2003). Antarctic marine benthic diversity. <em>Oceanography and Marine Biology: an Annual Review.</em> 41: 47-114. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors

additional source 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]

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

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

From regional or thematic species database

Cryptic speciation According to mitochondrial data (CO1), some Diplasterias species in the Southern Ocean could be species complexes. [details]

Definitions

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To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Diplasterias)