World Register of Deep-Sea species - Abyssaster Madsen, 1961

Deep-Sea taxon details

Abyssaster Madsen, 1961

AphiaID

205747 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:205747)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Porcellanasteridae Sladen, 1883

Direct children (3)

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Species Abyssaster diadematus (Sladen, 1883)
Species Abyssaster planus (Sladen, 1883)
Species Abyssaster tara (Wood-Mason & Alcock, 1891)

Environment

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

Original description

Madsen F.J. (1961). The Porcellanasteridae. A monographic revision of an abyssal group of sea-stars. Galathea Reports. 4: 33-174 , available online at https://digit.snm.ku.dk/Documentsonline/GalatheaReports/galathea-vol.04-pp_033-176.pdf
page(s): 72 [details] Available for editors

Taxonomic citation

Mah, C.L. (2024). World Asteroidea Database. Abyssaster Madsen, 1961. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2024) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://www.marinespecies.org/DeepSea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=205747 on 2024-04-16

Thematic species database citation

Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2024). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Abyssaster Madsen, 1961. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=205747 on 2024-04-16

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

1999-07-15 21:09:17Z

created

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2006-09-04 06:53:11Z

changed

Martinez, Olga

2008-06-11 12:57:51Z

checked

Danis, Bruno

2019-07-01 06:40:03Z

changed

Mah, Christopher

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original description Madsen F.J. (1961). The Porcellanasteridae. A monographic revision of an abyssal group of sea-stars. Galathea Reports. 4: 33-174 , available online at https://digit.snm.ku.dk/Documentsonline/GalatheaReports/galathea-vol.04-pp_033-176.pdf
page(s): 72 [details] Available for editors

basis of record Clark, A. M. (1989). An index of names of recent Asteroidea, part 1: Paxillosida and Notomyotida. <em>In: Jangoux, M.; Lawrence, J.M. (Ed.) (1996). Echinoderm Studies.</em> 3: 225-347. (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. <em>[Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].</em> , available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

To European Nucleotide Archive (ENA)
To Genbank