Deep-Sea taxon details
Anasterias Perrier, 1875
172534 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:172534)
accepted
Genus
Sporasterias Perrier, 1893 · unaccepted (Synonym according to Fisher (1940))
- Species Anasterias antarctica (Lütken, 1857)
- Species Anasterias mawsoni (Koehler, 1920)
- Species Anasterias pedicellaris (Koehler, 1923)
- Species Anasterias minuta Perrier, 1875 accepted as Anasterias antarctica (Lütken, 1857)
- Species Anasterias sphaerulata (Koehler, 1920) accepted as Anasterias mawsoni (Koehler, 1920) (Syn by O'Hara (1998))
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Perrier, E. (1875). Révision de la collection de stellérides du Museum d'Histoire naturelle de Paris. Paris, Reinwald. 384 p., available online at https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044107304818&view=1up&seq=338
page(s): 81 [details]
page(s): 81 [details]
Mah, C.L. (2025). World Asteroidea Database. Anasterias Perrier, 1875. 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=172534 on 2026-08-27
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Anasterias Perrier, 1875. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/DeepSea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=172534 on 2026-08-27
Date
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2006-09-05 08:30:55Z
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Martinez, Olga
original description
Perrier, E. (1875). Révision de la collection de stellérides du Museum d'Histoire naturelle de Paris. Paris, Reinwald. 384 p., available online at https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044107304818&view=1up&seq=338
page(s): 81 [details]
original description (of Sporasterias Perrier, 1893) Perrier, E. (1893). Echinodermes. <em>Traité de Zoologie.</em> 781-864., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/55132228
page(s): 848 [details]
original description (of Sporasterias Perrier, 1893) Perrier, E. (1894). Stellérides. Expéditions Scientifique <i>Travailleur</i> et du <i>Talisman</i>. 3:1-431, 26 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44802953
page(s): 107; note: brief account [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]
page(s): 81 [details]
original description (of Sporasterias Perrier, 1893) Perrier, E. (1893). Echinodermes. <em>Traité de Zoologie.</em> 781-864., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/55132228
page(s): 848 [details]
original description (of Sporasterias Perrier, 1893) Perrier, E. (1894). Stellérides. Expéditions Scientifique <i>Travailleur</i> et du <i>Talisman</i>. 3:1-431, 26 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44802953
page(s): 107; note: brief account [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 editor or global species database
Synonymy Calvasterias referred to synonymy of Anasterias by O'Hara (1990) [details]
