Pisaster Müller & Troschel, 1840 
AphiaID: 240754

Classification: Biota > Animalia > Echinodermata > Asterozoa > Asteroidea > Forcipulatacea > Forcipulatida > Asteriidae

Status		accepted
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank		Genus
Parent		Asteriidae Gray, 1840
Source		basis of record: ITIS database, available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
Direct child taxa [show all]		Species Pisaster brevispinus (Stimpson, 1857) Species Pisaster giganteus (Stimpson, 1857) Species Pisaster ochraceus (Brandt, 1835) Species Pisaster antarcticus Koehler, 1917 accepted as Anasterias perrieri (E. A. Smith, 1876) Species Pisaster capitatus (Stimpson, 1862) accepted as Pisaster giganteus (Stimpson, 1857) Species Pisaster fissispinus (Stimpson, 1862) accepted as Pisaster ochraceus (Brandt, 1835) Species Pisaster grayi Verrill, 1914 accepted as Leptasterias (Hexasterias) polaris (Müller & Troschel, 1842) Species Pisaster luetkeni (Stimpson, 1862) accepted as Pisaster giganteus (Stimpson, 1857) Species Pisaster papulosus Verrill, 1914 accepted as Pisaster brevispinus (Stimpson, 1857) Species Pisaster paucispinus (Stimpson, 1862) accepted as Pisaster brevispinus (Stimpson, 1857)
Environment		marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range		recent only
Links		To GenBank To ITIS
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:240754
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2007-06-03 15:46:28Z   created   Vanden Berghe, Edward 2008-12-29 07:51:57Z   changed   Mah, Christopher
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		Citation: Mah, C. (2013). Pisaster Müller & Troschel, 1840. 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=240754 on 2013-06-19