WoRMS taxon details
Plutonaster Sladen, 1889
AphiaID: 123254
AphiaID: 123254
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Asterozoa (Subphylum) > Asteroidea (Class) > Valvatacea (Superorder) > Paxillosida (Order) > Astropectinidae (Family) |
| Status | accepted | |||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | |||||||||||||
| Rank | Genus | |||||||||||||
| Typetaxon | Archaster christi (Duben & Koren, 1846) | |||||||||||||
| Parent | Astropectinidae Gray, 1840 | |||||||||||||
| Sources |
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] basis of record: 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] basis of record: Clark, A.M. and J. Courtman-Stock. (1976). The echinoderms of southern Africa. Publ. No. 766. British Museum (Nat. Hist), London. 277 pp. [details] additional source: Mah, C.L., D.G. McKnight, M.K. Eagle, D.L. Pawson, N. Ameziane, D.J. Vance, A.N. Baker, H.E.S. Clark, and N. Alcock. 2009. Phylum Echinodermata. In Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) The New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch; 371-400. [details] additional source: 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] | |||||||||||||
| Direct child taxa [show all] | Species Plutonaster agassizi Verrill, 1880 Species Plutonaster ambiguus Sladen, 1889 Species Plutonaster bifrons (Wyville Thomson, 1873) Species Plutonaster complexus H.E.S Clark & D.G. McKnight, 2000 Species Plutonaster efflorescens (Perrier, 1884) Species Plutonaster fragilis H.E.S. Clark, 1970 Species Plutonaster hikurangi H.E.S Clark & D.G. McKnight, 2000 Species Plutonaster intermedius (Perrier, 1881) Species Plutonaster jonathani H.E.S Clark & D.G. McKnight, 2000 Species Plutonaster keiensis Doderlein, 1921 Species Plutonaster knoxi Fell, 1958 Species Plutonaster marginatus Sladen, 1889 Species Plutonaster sirius A.H. Clark, 1917 Species Plutonaster edwardsi Perrier, 1882 (nomen dubium, Description very poor) Species Plutonaster abbreviatus Sladen, 1889 accepted as Plutonaster agassizi notatus Sladen, 1889 Species Plutonaster abyssicola Ludwig, 1905 accepted as Psilaster pectinatus (Fisher, 1905) Species Plutonaster granulosus Perrier, 1891 accepted as Plutonaster agassizi Verrill, 1880 Species Plutonaster inermis Perrier, 1894 accepted as Plutonaster notatus Sladen, 1889 accepted as Plutonaster agassizi notatus Sladen, 1889 Species Plutonaster notatus Sladen, 1889 accepted as Plutonaster agassizi notatus Sladen, 1889 Species Plutonaster parelii Sladen, 1889 accepted as Pseudarchaster parelii (Düben & Koren, 1846) Species Plutonaster proteus H.L. Clark, 1923 accepted as Plutonaster bifrons (Wyville Thomson, 1873) Species Plutonaster pulcher Perrier, 1894 accepted as Persephonaster pulcher Perrier, 1881 Species Plutonaster rigidus Sladen, 1889 accepted as Plutonaster agassizi Verrill, 1880 Species Plutonaster subinermis Ludwig, 1897 accepted as Tethyaster subinermis (Philippi, 1837) | |||||||||||||
| Environment | marine, | |||||||||||||
| Fossil range | recent only | |||||||||||||
| Feedingtypes |
omnivore [details]
predator [details] scavenger [details] | |||||||||||||
| Link | To ITIS | |||||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:123254 | |||||||||||||
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| Citation: Mah, C.; Hansson, H. (2013). Plutonaster Sladen, 1889. 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=123254 on 2013-05-24 | ||||||||||||||
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