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Coronaster Perrier, 1885 
AphiaID: 123232

Classification: Biota > Animalia > Echinodermata > Asterozoa > Asteroidea > Forcipulatacea > Forcipulatida > Asteriidae
Status accepted
Record
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Rank Genus
Parent Asteriidae Gray, 1840
Sources  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]

basis of record: Clark, A.M. and M.E. Downey. (1992). Starfishes of the Atlantic. Chapman & Hall Identification Guides, 3. Chapman & Hall: London, UK. ISBN 0-412-43280-3. xxvi, 794 pp. (look up in IMIS[details]

basis of record: Mah, C. & A.M. Clark (2001). Additions to Clark, A.M. and Mah, C. 2001. An index of names of recent Asteroidea - Part 4: Forcipulatida and Brisingida in Echinoderm Studies. 6: 229-347.  [details]

additional source: Fisher, W.K. (1917). The asteroid genus Coronaster. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 30: 23-26. [details]

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 Species Coronaster briareus (Verrill, 1882)
Species Coronaster eclipes Fisher, 1925
Species Coronaster halicepus Fisher, 1917
Species Coronaster marchenus Ziesenhenne, 1942
Species Coronaster pauciporis Jangoux, 1984
Species Coronaster reticulatus (H.L. Clark, 1916)
Species Coronaster sakuranus (Doderlein, 1902)
Species Coronaster volsellatus (Sladen, 1889)

Species Coronaster antonii Perrier, 1894 accepted as Coronaster volsellatus (Sladen, 1889)
Species Coronaster parfaiti Perrier, 1895 accepted as Coronaster briareus (Verrill, 1882)
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
Link To ITIS
Notes  Habitat: Known from seamounts and knolls [details]

Remark: Type species: Coronaster parfaiti Perrier, 1885, a synonym of C. briareus (Verril, 1882)
Year of description 1884, placed in family Asteriidae, type species Coronaster brisingoides Perrier, 1884 (?=Coronaster parfaiti Perrier, 1885) by monotypy in Rowe & Gates, 1995. According to Mah & Clark (2001), C. brisingoides is a nomen nudum, probably a synonym of C. briareus [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:123232
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Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  Hansson, Hans
2009-01-30 03:03:03Z  changed  Mah, Christopher
2011-06-27 21:58:12Z  changed  Mah, Christopher
  
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  Citation: Mah, C.; Hansson, H. (2013). Coronaster Perrier, 1885. In: Mah, C.L. (2013) World Asteroidea database. Accessed through: Mah, C.L. (2013) World Asteroidea database at http://www.marinespecies.org/asteroidea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=123232 on 2013-05-19
  
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