Asteroidea taxon details
Pillsburiaster Halpern, 1970
178131 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:178131)
accepted
Genus
Pillsburiaster geographicus Halpern, 1970 (type by original designation)
- Species Pillsburiaster annandalei (Koehler, 1909)
- Species Pillsburiaster aoteanus McKnight, 1973
- Species Pillsburiaster calvus Mah, 2011
- Species Pillsburiaster cuenoti (Koehler, 1909)
- Species Pillsburiaster döderleini (Koehler, 1910)
- Species Pillsburiaster ernesti (Ludwig, 1905)
- Species Pillsburiaster geographicus Halpern, 1970
- Species Pillsburiaster hyugaensis Mah & Fujita in Mah, 2024
- Species Pillsburiaster indutilis McKnight, 2006
- Species Pillsburiaster investigatoris (Alcock, 1893)
- Species Pillsburiaster micropeltus (Fisher, 1906)
- Species Pillsburiaster maini McKnight, 1973 accepted as Pillsburiaster micropeltus (Fisher, 1906) (Synonym of P. micropeltus by Mah (2024))
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Halpern, J.A. (1970). Biological Investigations of the deep sea.53. New species and genera of goniasterid sea stars. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 83(1): 1-12, available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34572611
page(s): 2 [details]
page(s): 2 [details]
Mah, C.L. (2025). World Asteroidea Database. Pillsburiaster Halpern, 1970. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/asteroidea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=178131 on 2025-05-01
Date
action
by
original description
Halpern, J.A. (1970). Biological Investigations of the deep sea.53. New species and genera of goniasterid sea stars. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 83(1): 1-12, available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34572611
page(s): 2 [details]
basis of record Clark, A. M.; Downey, M. E. (1992). Starfishes of the Atlantic. <i>Chapman & Hall Identification Guides</i>, 3. Chapman & Hall. London, UK. ISBN 0-412-43280-3. xxvi, 794 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Clark, H.E.S. and McKnight, D.G. (2001). The Marine Fauna of New Zealand: Echinodermata: Asteroidea (sea-stars) Order Valvatida. <em>NIWA Biodiversity Memoir.</em> 117: 1-270. [details]
additional source Mah, C.L.; McKnight, D.G.; Eagle, M.K.; Pawson, D.L.; Améziane, N.; Vance, D.J.; Baker, A.N.; Clark, H.E.S.; Davey, N. (2009). Phylum Echinodermata: sea stars, brittle stars, sea urchins, sea cucumbers, sea lilies. In: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. pp. 371-400. [details]
page(s): 2 [details]
basis of record Clark, A. M.; Downey, M. E. (1992). Starfishes of the Atlantic. <i>Chapman & Hall Identification Guides</i>, 3. Chapman & Hall. London, UK. ISBN 0-412-43280-3. xxvi, 794 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Clark, H.E.S. and McKnight, D.G. (2001). The Marine Fauna of New Zealand: Echinodermata: Asteroidea (sea-stars) Order Valvatida. <em>NIWA Biodiversity Memoir.</em> 117: 1-270. [details]
additional source Mah, C.L.; McKnight, D.G.; Eagle, M.K.; Pawson, D.L.; Améziane, N.; Vance, D.J.; Baker, A.N.; Clark, H.E.S.; Davey, N. (2009). Phylum Echinodermata: sea stars, brittle stars, sea urchins, sea cucumbers, sea lilies. In: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. pp. 371-400. [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
