WoRMS taxon details
Benthopecten Verrill, 1884
AphiaID: 123239
AphiaID: 123239
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Asterozoa (Subphylum) > Asteroidea (Class) > Valvatacea (Superorder) > Notomyotida (Order) > Benthopectinidae (Family) |
| Status | accepted | |||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | |||||||||||||
| Rank | Genus | |||||||||||||
| Typetaxon | Benthopecten spinosus Verrill, 1884 (type by monotypy) | |||||||||||||
| Parent | Benthopectinidae Verrill, 1899 | |||||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Pararchaster Sladen, 1885 (Synonym according to Verrill (1895)) | |||||||||||||
| Sources |
basis of record: Clark, A.M. (1989). An index of names of recent Asteroidea, part 1: Paxillosida and Notomyotida, in: Jangoux, M.; Lawrence, J.M. (Ed.) (1989). Echinoderm Studies, 3: pp. 225-347 (look up in IMIS) [details] 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] 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: North East Atlantic Taxa (look up in IMIS) [details] | |||||||||||||
| Direct child taxa [show all] | Species Benthopecten acanthonotus Fisher, 1905 Species Benthopecten claviger Fisher, 1910 Species Benthopecten cognatus (Ludwig, 1905) Species Benthopecten folini (Perrier, 1894) Species Benthopecten heteracanthus Macan, 1938 Species Benthopecten huddlestonii (Alcock, 1893) Species Benthopecten indicus (Koehler, 1909) Species Benthopecten moluccanus Fisher, 1913 Species Benthopecten munidae H.E.S. Clark, 1969 Species Benthopecten mutabilis Fisher, 1910 Species Benthopecten pectinifer (Ludwig, 1905) Species Benthopecten pedicifer (Sladen, 1885) Species Benthopecten pentacanthus Fell, 1958 Species Benthopecten pikei H.E.S. Clark, 1969 Species Benthopecten polyctenius Fisher, 1913 Species Benthopecten rhopalophorus Djakonov, 1950 Species Benthopecten semisquamatus (Sladen, 1889) Species Benthopecten simplex (Perrier, 1881) Species Benthopecten spinosissimus (Sladen, 1889) Species Benthopecten spinosus Verrill, 1884 Species Benthopecten spinuliger (Ludwig, 1905) Species Benthopecten styracius Fisher, 1913 Species Benthopecten violaceus (Alcock, 1893) Species Benthopecten incertus Ludwig, 1910 (nomen dubium) Species Benthopecten armatus (Sladen, 1889) accepted as Benthopecten simplex (Perrier, 1881) Species Benthopecten chardyi Sibuet, 1975 accepted as Benthopecten simplex chardyi Sibuet, 1975 Species Benthopecten fischeri (Perrier, 1894) accepted as Benthopecten spinosus Verrill, 1884 Species Benthopecten occidentalis Baranova, 1955 accepted as Benthopecten claviger occidentalis Baranova, 1955 Species Benthopecten spinosus Grieg, 1918 accepted as Benthopecten simplex (Perrier, 1881) | |||||||||||||
| Environment | marine, | |||||||||||||
| Fossil range | recent only | |||||||||||||
| Links | To GenBank To ITIS | |||||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:123239 | |||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Edit history |
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| Citation: Mah, C.; Danis, B.; Hansson, H. (2013). Benthopecten Verrill, 1884. In: Mah, C.L. (2013) World Asteroidea database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=123239 on 2013-05-23 | ||||||||||||||
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