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Goniaster tessellatus (de Lamarck, 1816) 
AphiaID: 124033

Classification: Biota > Animalia > Echinodermata > Asterozoa > Asteroidea > Valvatacea > Valvatida > Goniasteridae > Goniaster
Status accepted
Record
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Rank Species
Parent Goniaster L. Agassiz, 1836
Synonymised
taxa
  Asterias granularis Gmelin, 1791 (synonym)
Asterias tessellata de Lamarck, 1816 (synonym)
Astrogonium cuspidatum (Gray, 1840) (Synonym according to Halpern (1970))
Astrogonium dubium Perrier, 1869 (Synonym according to Sladen (1889))
Astrogonium lamarcki Müller & Troschel, 1842
Astrogonium semilunatus (von Martens, 1866) (Synonym according to Halpern (1970))
Goniaster africanus Verrill, 1871 (synonym)
Goniaster americanus Verrill, 1871 (synonym)
Goniaster cuspidatus Gray, 1840 (Synonym according to Halpern (1970))
Goniaster lamarcki Verrill, 1899 (Synonym based on inspection of type in the Paris Museum)
Goniaster sebae Gray, 1840 (synonym)
Goniaster semilunatus von Martens, 1866 (Synonym according to Halpern (1970))
Goniodiscus cuspidatus (Gray, 1840) (Synonym according to Halpern (1970))
Pentagonaster lamarcki Müller & Troschel, 1842 (Synonym)
Pentagonaster semilunatus (von Martens, 1866) (Synonym according to Halpern (1970))
Phaneraster lamarcki Perrier, 1894
Tosia lamarcki Gray, 1866
Sources  basis of record: Clark, A.M. (1993). An index of names of recent Asteroidea, part 2: Valvatida, in: Jangoux, M.; Lawrence, J.M. (Ed.) (1993). Echinoderm Studies, 4: pp. 187-366 (look up in IMIS[details]

additional source: 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]

additional source: 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]

additional source: Halpern, J.A. (1970). Goniasteridae (Echinodermata: Asteroidea) of the Straits of Florida. Bulletin of Marine Science 20(1): 193-286 [details]

additional source: Pawson, D. L., D. J. Vance, C. G. Messing, F. A. Solis-Marin, and C. L. Mah. 2009. Echinodermata of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1177–1204 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College S [details]

from synonym: Martens, E. von (1866). Ueber östasiatiche Echinodermen. 3. Seesterne des indischen Archipels. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 32:: 57-88; 133-189. [details] [view taxon]

from synonym: Gray J.E. (1840). A synopsis of the genera and species of the class Hypostoma (Asterias Linnaeus). Annals of the Magazine of Natural History 6: 175-184; 275-290. [details] [view taxon]

Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
Distribution Atlantic [details]
Bahamas [details]
Brazil [details]
Canary Islands [details]
Cape Frio [details]
Cape Hatteras [details]
Cape Verde [details]
Caribbean Sea [details]
European waters (ERMS scope) [details]
Florida [details]
Gabon [details]
Gulf of Mexico [details]
Guyanas [details]
Madeira [details]
Mexico [details]
Moroccan Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Morocco [details]
North Carolina [details]
Tanzania (not valid[details]
Venezuela [details]
Yucatan [details]

Links To Barcode of Life
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection
To ITIS
Note  Description: Mentioned from the Indo-West Pacific by Halpern, 1970, but secondhand and almost certainly erroneous (Clark, 1993) [details]
Images 
Goniaster cuspidatus
[image from synonym]
Goniaster cuspidatus
added on 2008-11-09 - author: Collection Georges Declercq
qualitystatus: not checked

Goniaster tessellatus
Goniaster tessellatus
added on 2008-11-09 - author: Collection Georges Declercq
qualitystatus: checked by Mah, Christopher on 2012-12-21 08:16:09

Goniaster tessellatus
Goniaster tessellatus
added on 2009-03-05 - author: Wirtz, Peter
qualitystatus: checked by Mah, Christopher on 2009-03-05 17:50:40

Goniaster tessellatus from the Cape Verde Islands
Goniaster tessellatus from the Cape Verde Islands
added on 2009-03-23 - author: Wirtz, Peter
qualitystatus: checked by Mah, Christopher on 2009-03-23 16:02:58
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:124033
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Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  Hansson, Hans
2008-12-10 06:17:50Z  changed  Mah, Christopher
  
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  Citation: Mah, C.; Hansson, H. (2013). Goniaster tessellatus (de Lamarck, 1816). 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=124033 on 2013-05-22
  
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