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Tethyaster Sladen, 1889 
AphiaID: 123257

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 Asterias subinermis Philippi, 1837 (type by subsequent designation)
Parent Astropectinidae Gray, 1840
Synonymised
taxa		  Anthosticte Fisher, 1911
 Moiraster Sladen, 1889 (synonym according to A.M. & A.H. Clark (1954))
 Sideriaster Verrill, 1899 (synonym according to A.M. & A.H. Clark (1954))
Sources  original description: Sladen, W.P. (1889). Report on the Asteroidea. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-1876, Zoology 30(51): xlii + 893 pages 118 plates. [details]

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]

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]

additional source: Clark, A.M. and A.H. Clark. (1954). A revision of the sea-stars of the genus Tethyaster. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 122(11): 1-27 [details]

from synonym: Verrill, A.E. (1899). Revision of certain genera and species of starfishes, with descriptions of new forms. Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences, 10(1): 145-234 [details] [view taxon]

Direct child
taxa
[show all]		 Species Tethyaster aulophora (Fisher, 1911)
Species Tethyaster canaliculatus (A.H. Clark, 1916)
Species Tethyaster grandis (Verrill, 1899)
Species Tethyaster magnificus (Bell, 1881)
Species Tethyaster pacei (Mortensen, 1925)
Species Tethyaster subinermis (Philippi, 1837)
Species Tethyaster tangaroae Rowe, 1989
Species Tethyaster vestitus (Say, 1825)

Species Tethyaster gigas (Caso, 1947) accepted as Tethyaster canaliculatus (A.H. Clark, 1916)
Species Tethyaster parelii Sussbach & Breckner, 1911 accepted as Pseudarchaster parelii (Düben & Koren, 1846)
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
Links To GenBank
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Notes  Spelling: Lapsus Thetyaster Nobre, 1931: 62 [details]

Spelling: Lapsus Thethyaster Nobre, 1931: 176 [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:123257
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  Hansson, Hans
2008-01-26 09:54:06Z  changed  Mah, Christopher
2009-01-17 21:50:33Z  changed  Mah, Christopher
  
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  Citation: Mah, C.; Hansson, H. (2013). Tethyaster 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=123257 on 2013-05-22
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