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Protoreaster nodosus (Linnaeus, 1758)

213285  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:213285)

accepted
Species
Oreaster clouei Perrier, 1869 · unaccepted (Synonym according to Bell (1884))
Oreaster franklini (Gray, 1840) · unaccepted (Synonym according to Doderlein (1936))
Oreaster hiulcus (Gray, 1840) · unaccepted (Synonym according to Doderlein (1936))
Oreaster intermedia von Martens, 1866 · unaccepted (Synonym according to Doderlein (1936))
Oreaster mammosus Valenciennes (MS) in Perrier, 1869 · unaccepted (Synonym according to Doderlein (1936))
Oreaster mutica von Martens, 1866 · unaccepted (Synonym according to Doderlein (1936))
Oreaster nahensis Goto, 1914 · unaccepted (synonym according to Hayashi (1938))
Oreaster turritus (Gray, 1840) · unaccepted (Synonym according to Doderlein (1936))
Pentaceros clouei (Perrier, 1869) · unaccepted (Synonym according to Doderlein...)  
Synonym according to Doderlein (1936, index)
Pentaceros franklini Gray, 1840 · unaccepted (Synonym according to Fisher (1919))
Pentaceros hiulcus Gray, 1840 · unaccepted (Synonym according to Doderlein (1936))
Pentaceros modestus Gray, 1866 · unaccepted (Synonym according to Doderlein (1936))
Pentaceros turritus Gray, 1840 · unaccepted (Synonym according to Doderlein (1936))
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Asterias nodosa Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. <em>Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae.</em> , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 661 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available 
Description Colour in life: tubercles yellow with orange tips, papular areas blue-grey with paulae green; remainder of aboral surface...  
Description Colour in life: tubercles yellow with orange tips, papular areas blue-grey with paulae green; remainder of aboral surface deep green, marginals pale yellow, ambulacral spines white, tube feet pink with purple centre, adoral side purple with white plates showing through (Humphreys, 1981).
Also distributed in Guam, Seleo Island, New Caledonia (Clark, 1954); Ceylon, East Indies, north Australia, Philippine, China, south Japan and South Pacific Is. (Clark & Rowe, 1971); Australia (Rowe & Gates, 1995).
Ecology: benthic, inshore. General distribution: tropical, Indo-west-central Pacific Ocean, depth range 0-30 m. (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]
Mah, C.L. (2024). World Asteroidea Database. Protoreaster nodosus (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aSTEROIDEA/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=213285 on 2024-04-16
Date
action
by
1997-02-03 23:00:00Z
created
2000-09-26 07:19:20Z
changed
Garcia, Maria
2008-12-07 02:46:14Z
changed

original description  (of Pentaceros hiulcus Gray, 1840) Gray, J.E. (1840). XXXII. A synopsis of the genera and species of the class Hypostoma (<i>Asterias</i>, Linnaeus). <em>Annals of the Magazine of Natural History.</em> 6: 275-290., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2336044#page/309/mode/1up
page(s): 276 [details]   

original description  (of Pentaceros turritus Gray, 1840) Gray, J.E. (1840). XXXII. A synopsis of the genera and species of the class Hypostoma (<i>Asterias</i>, Linnaeus). <em>Annals of the Magazine of Natural History.</em> 6: 275-290., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2336044#page/309/mode/1up
page(s): 277 [details]   

original description  (of Pentaceros franklini Gray, 1840) Gray, J.E. (1840). XXXII. A synopsis of the genera and species of the class Hypostoma (<i>Asterias</i>, Linnaeus). <em>Annals of the Magazine of Natural History.</em> 6: 275-290., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2336044#page/309/mode/1up
page(s): 277 [details]   

original description  (of Pentaceros modestus Gray, 1866) Gray, J.E. (1866). Synopsis of the Species of Starfish in the British Museum (with figures of some of the new species). 18 pp., 16 plates., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11715486
page(s): 6 [details]   

original description  (of Asterias dorsatus Linnaeus, 1753) Linnaeus, C. (1753). Museum Tessinianum. <em>Holmiae [Stockholm], Laurentii Salvii.</em> 123 pp., available online at https://books.google.com.au/books?id=ceZVAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA114&lpg=PA114&dq=asterias+gigas+Museum+Tessinianum&source=bl&ots=m3-AJ-OQR_&sig=2EwRg9mLYG_T-mWLfvKdt0bt5Vg&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiJzMvo8-rWAhXCXrwKHceeCGMQ6AEIJjAA#v=onepage&q&f=false
page(s): 114, Tabula IX [details]   

original description  (of Asterias nodosa Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. <em>Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae.</em> , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 661 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available 

original description  (of Protoreaster gotoi Döderlein, 1936) Döderlein, L. (1936). Die Asteriden der Siboga-Exped. III. Die unterfamile Oreasterinae. Siboga-Expedition, 46(2): 295-369, pls. 21-32., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11718319#page/413/mode/1up
page(s): 330 [details]   

original description  (of Oreaster nodosus var. hondurae Domantay & Roxas, 1938) Domantay, J.S. and Roxas, H. A. (1938). The Littoral Asteroidea of Port Galera Bay and adjacent waters. <em>Philippine Journal of Science.</em> 65(3): 203-237, 17 plates.
page(s): 211 [details]   

original description  (of Oreaster hondurae Domantay & Roxas, 1938) Domantay, J.S. and Roxas, H. A. (1938). The Littoral Asteroidea of Port Galera Bay and adjacent waters. <em>Philippine Journal of Science.</em> 65(3): 203-237, 17 plates.
page(s): 211 [details]   

original description  (of Oreaster intermedia von Martens, 1866) Martens von, E. (1866). Ueber ostasiatische Echinodermen. 3. Seesterne des indischen Archipels. <em>Archiv für Naturgeschichte.</em> 32: 57-88., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7060827 [details]   

original description  (of Oreaster mammosus Valenciennes (MS) in Perrier, 1869) Perrier, E. (1869). Recherche sur les pédicellaires et les ambulacres des astérides et des oursins. <em>Thèses présentées à la Faculté des Sciences de Paris pour obtenir le Grade de Docteur ès Sciences Naturelles Victor Masson et fils, Paris.</em> 5-188, plates 1-7., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13976641
page(s): 78 [details]   

original description  (of Oreaster nahensis Goto, 1914) Goto, S. (1914). A descriptive monograph of Japanese Asteroidea. 1. Journal of the College of Science, Imperial University of Tokyo 29: 1-808, plates 1-19., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7068310
page(s): 463 [details]   

original description  (of Oreaster mutica von Martens, 1866) Martens von, E. (1866). Ueber ostasiatische Echinodermen. 3. Seesterne des indischen Archipels. <em>Archiv für Naturgeschichte.</em> 32: 57-88., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7060827 [details]   

original description  (of Oreaster clouei Perrier, 1869) Perrier, E. (1869). Recherche sur les pédicellaires et les ambulacres des astérides et des oursins. <em>Thèses présentées à la Faculté des Sciences de Paris pour obtenir le Grade de Docteur ès Sciences Naturelles Victor Masson et fils, Paris.</em> 5-188, plates 1-7., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13976641
page(s): 79 [details]   

context source (Introduced species) Katsanevakis, S.; Bogucarskis, K.; Gatto, F.; Vandekerkhove, J.; Deriu, I.; Cardoso A.S. (2012). Building the European Alien Species Information Network (EASIN): a novel approach for the exploration of distributed alien species data. <em>BioInvasions Records.</em> 1: 235-245., available online at http://easin.jrc.ec.europa.eu [details]  Available for editors  PDF available 

context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]   

basis of record Clark, A. M. (1993). An index of names of recent Asteroidea, part 2: Valvatida. <em>In: Jangoux, M.; Lawrence, J.M. (Ed.) (1996). Echinoderm Studies.</em> 4: 187-366. (look up in IMIS[details]   

additional source Ludwig, H. (1899). Echinodermen des Sansibargebietes. <em>Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft, Bonn.</em> 21(1): 537-563., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26416428 [details]   

additional source Bell, F. J. 1909. Report on the echinoderma (other than holothurians) collected by Mr. J. Stanley Gardiner in the western parts of the Indian Ocean. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London. 2nd Series: Zoology 13, 17-22., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16398922 [details]   

additional source Rowe, F. W. E.; Gates, J. (1995). Echinodermata. <em>In ‘Zoological Catalogue of Australia'.</em> 33 (Ed A. Wells.) pp xiii + 510 (CSIRO Australia, Melbourne). [details]   

additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS[details]  Available for editors  PDF available 

additional source Zenetos, A.; Gofas, S.; Verlaque, M.; Cinar, M.; Garcia Raso, J.; Bianchi, C.; Morri, C.; Azzurro, E.; Bilecenoglu, M.; Froglia, C.; Siokou, I.; Violanti, D.; Sfriso, A.; San Martin, G.; Giangrande, A.; Katagan, T.; Ballesteros, E.; Ramos-Espla, A.; Mastrototaro, F.; Ocana, O.; Zingone, A.; Gambi, M.; Streftaris, N. (2010). Alien species in the Mediterranean Sea by 2010. A contribution to the application of European Union's Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD). Part I. Spatial distribution. <em>Mediterranean Marine Science.</em> 11(2): 381-493., available online at https://doi.org/10.12681/mms.87 [details]  OpenAccess publication 
 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

From other sources
Description Colour in life: tubercles yellow with orange tips, papular areas blue-grey with paulae green; remainder of aboral surface deep green, marginals pale yellow, ambulacral spines white, tube feet pink with purple centre, adoral side purple with white plates showing through (Humphreys, 1981).
Also distributed in Guam, Seleo Island, New Caledonia (Clark, 1954); Ceylon, East Indies, north Australia, Philippine, China, south Japan and South Pacific Is. (Clark & Rowe, 1971); Australia (Rowe & Gates, 1995).
Ecology: benthic, inshore. General distribution: tropical, Indo-west-central Pacific Ocean, depth range 0-30 m. (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]

Remark Type data: status and whereabouts undetermined. Type locality: Indian Ocean (as 'M. Indico') (Rowe & Gates, 1995).
Author spelled 'Linné' in Clark (1954). [details]
LanguageName 
Japanese コブヒトデ  [details]
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