WoRMS taxon details
Psilaster Sladen, 1885
AphiaID: 123255
AphiaID: 123255
| 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 | Astropecten andromeda Müller & Troschel, 1842 | ||||||||||
| Parent | Astropectinidae Gray, 1840 | ||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Phidiaster Koehler, 1909 (Synonym according to Fisher (1911)) Ripaster Koehler, 1906 (Synonym according to Fisher (1940)) | ||||||||||
| 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: Rowe, F.W.E & Gates, J. (1995). Echinodermata. In ‘Zoological Catalogue of Australia’. 33 (Ed A. Wells.) pp xiii + 510 (CSIRO Australia, Melbourne.) [details] additional source: North East Atlantic Taxa (look up in IMIS) [details] from synonym: Koehler, R. (1909). An account of the deep-sea Asteroidea collected by the Royal Indian Marine Survey Ship Investigator. Echinoderma of the Indian Museum Part 5: 115-131. [details] [view taxon] | ||||||||||
| Direct child taxa [show all] | Species Psilaster acuminatus Sladen, 1889 Species Psilaster agassizi (Koehler, 1909) Species Psilaster andromeda (Müller & Troschel, 1842) Species Psilaster armatus Ludwig, 1905 Species Psilaster attenuatus Fisher, 1906 Species Psilaster cassiope Sladen, 1889 Species Psilaster charcoti (Koehler, 1906) Species Psilaster florae (Verrill, 1878) Species Psilaster gotoi Fisher, 1913 Species Psilaster herwigi (Bernasconi, 1972) Species Psilaster pectinatus (Fisher, 1905) Species Psilaster robustus Fisher, 1913 Species Psilaster sladeni Ludwig, 1905 Species Psilaster gracilis Sladen, 1889 accepted as Persephonaster gracilis (Sladen, 1889) Species Psilaster patagiatus Sladen, 1889 accepted as Persephonaster patagiatus (Sladen, 1889) Species Psilaster squameus H.L. Clark, 1941 accepted as Psilaster cassiope Sladen, 1889 | ||||||||||
| Environment | marine, | ||||||||||
| Fossil range | recent only | ||||||||||
| Feedingtypes |
omnivore [details]
predator [details] scavenger [details] | ||||||||||
| Links | To GenBank To ITIS | ||||||||||
| Notes |
Habitat: Known from seamounts and knolls [details] Remark: Type species: Astropecten andromeda Müller & Troschel 1842, by monotypy (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details] | ||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:123255 | ||||||||||
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| Citation: Mah, C.; Hansson, H. (2013). Psilaster. 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=123255 on 2013-05-22 | |||||||||||
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