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Echinaster Müller & Troschel, 1840 
AphiaID: 123275

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Asterozoa (Subphylum) > Asteroidea (Class) > Spinulosacea (Superorder) > Spinulosida (Order) > Echinasteridae (Family)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Genus
Typetaxon Asterias seposita Retzius, 1783
Parent Echinasteridae Verrill, 1870
Synonymised
taxa
  Echinaster (Othilia) Gray, 1840
Rhopia Gray, 1840 (Synonym according to Fisher (1919))
Thyraster Ives, 1890 (Synonym according to Downey (1973).)
Verrillaster Downey, 1973 (synonym according to Tortonese & Downey (1977).)
Sources  basis of record: Clark, A.M. (1996). An index of names of recent Asteroidea, part 3. Velatida and Spinulosida, in: Jangoux, M.; Lawrence, J.M. (Ed.) (1996). Echinoderm Studies, 5: pp. 183-250 (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: North East Atlantic Taxa (look up in IMIS[details]

from synonym: Gray J.E. (1840). A synopsis of the genera and species of the class Hypostoma (Asterias Linnaeus). Annals of the Magazine of Natural History 6: 175-184; 275-290. [details] [view taxon]

from synonym: 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] [view taxon]

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 Subgenus Echinaster (Echinaster) Müller & Troschel, 1840
  » Species Echinaster (Echinaster) modestus Perrier, 1881
» Species Echinaster (Echinaster) reticulatus H.L. Clark, 1923
» Species Echinaster (Echinaster) sepositus (Retzius, 1783)
Species Echinaster arcystatus H.L. Clark, 1914
Species Echinaster callosus Marenzeller, 1895
Species Echinaster colemani Rowe & Albertson, 1987
Species Echinaster cylindricus Meissner, 1892
Species Echinaster farquhari Benham, 1909
Species Echinaster glomeratus H.L. Clark, 1916
Species Echinaster luzonicus (Gray, 1840)
Species Echinaster panamensis Leipoldt, 1895
Species Echinaster parvispinus A.H. Clark, 1916
Species Echinaster purpureus (Gray, 1840)
Species Echinaster smithi Ludwig, 1903
Species Echinaster stereosomus Fisher, 1913
Species Echinaster superbus H.L. Clark, 1916
Species Echinaster varicolor H.L. Clark, 1938

Species Echinaster crassus Müller & Troschel, 1842 (nomen dubium)
Species Echinaster cribella Lutken, 1871 (nomen dubium)
Species Echinaster deplanatus Grube, 1857 (nomen dubium)
Species Echinaster gracilis Müller & Troschel, 1842 (nomen dubium)
Species Echinaster rigidus Grube, 1857 (nomen dubium)

Subgenus Echinaster (Othilia) Gray, 1840 represented as Echinaster Müller & Troschel, 1840 (alternate representation)
  » Species Echinaster (Othilia) aculeata (Gray, 1840)
» Species Echinaster (Othilia) brasiliensis Müller & Troschel, 1842
» Species Echinaster (Othilia) echinophorus (Lamarck, 1816)
» Species Echinaster (Othilia) graminicola Campbell & Turner, 1984
» Species Echinaster (Othilia) guyanensis A.M. Clark, 1987
» Species Echinaster (Othilia) paucispinus A.M. Clark, 1987
» Species Echinaster (Othilia) sentus (Say, 1825)
» Species Echinaster (Othilia) serpentarius Müller & Troschel, 1842
» Species Echinaster (Othilia) spinulosus Verrill, 1869
» Species Echinaster (Othilia) tenuispinus Verrill, 1871
» Species Echinaster (Othilia) robustus Verrill, 1914 (nomen dubium)
» Species Echinaster (Othilia) antonioensis deLoriol, 1904 accepted as Echinaster (Othilia) brasiliensis Müller & Troschel, 1842
» Species Echinaster (Othilia) brasiliensis Rathbun, 1879 accepted as Echinaster (Othilia) serpentarius Müller & Troschel, 1842
» Species Echinaster (Othilia) brasiliensis Downey, 1973 accepted as Echinaster (Othilia) guyanensis A.M. Clark, 1987
» Species Echinaster (Othilia) crassispina Verrill, 1868 accepted as Echinaster (Othilia) echinophorus (Lamarck, 1816)
» Species Echinaster (Othilia) densispinulosus Tommasi, 1970 accepted as Echinaster (Othilia) brasiliensis Müller & Troschel, 1842
» Species Echinaster (Othilia) doriae De Filippi, 1859 accepted as Echinaster (Othilia) brasiliensis Müller & Troschel, 1842
» Species Echinaster (Othilia) lepidus de Loriol, 1904 accepted as Echinaster (Othilia) brasiliensis Müller & Troschel, 1842
» Species Echinaster (Othilia) modestus Downey, 1973 accepted as Echinaster (Othilia) spinulosus Verrill, 1869
» Species Echinaster (Othilia) nudus Tommasi, 1970 accepted as Echinaster (Othilia) brasiliensis Müller & Troschel, 1842
» Species Echinaster (Othilia) serpentarius A.H. Clark in Krau, 1950 accepted as Echinaster (Othilia) brasiliensis Müller & Troschel, 1842
» Species Echinaster (Othilia) spinosus (Retzius, 1805) accepted as Echinaster (Othilia) echinophorus (Lamarck, 1816)
» Species Echinaster (Othilia) spinosus Muller & Troschel, 1842 accepted as Echinaster (Othilia) sentus (Say, 1825)
» Species Echinaster (Othilia) spinulosus Bernasconi, 1958 accepted as Echinaster (Othilia) brasiliensis Müller & Troschel, 1842
» Species Echinaster (Othilia) tribulus De Filippi, 1859 accepted as Echinaster (Othilia) brasiliensis Müller & Troschel, 1842
Species Echinaster modestus Perrier, 1881 represented as Echinaster (Echinaster) modestus Perrier, 1881 (alternate representation)
Species Echinaster reticulatus H.L. Clark, 1923 represented as Echinaster (Echinaster) reticulatus H.L. Clark, 1923 (alternate representation)
Species Echinaster sepositus (Retzius, 1783) represented as Echinaster (Echinaster) sepositus (Retzius, 1783) (alternate representation)

Species Echinaster acanthodes H.L. Clark, 1916 accepted as Echinaster stereosomus Fisher, 1913
Species Echinaster affinis Perrier, 1869 accepted as Echinaster luzonicus (Gray, 1840)
Species Echinaster clouei Perrier, 1869 accepted as Echinaster gracilis Müller & Troschel, 1842
Species Echinaster decanus Müller & Troschel, 1843 accepted as Plectaster decanus (Muller & Troschel, 1843)
Species Echinaster diffidens Koehler, 1923 accepted as Henricia diffidens (Koehler, 1923)
Species Echinaster echinulatus (Muller & Troschel, 1842) accepted as Mithrodia clavigera (Lamarck, 1816)
Species Echinaster ellisi Gray, 1840 accepted as Acanthaster ellisi (Gray, 1840) accepted as Acanthaster planci (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Echinaster eridanella Muller & Troschel, 1842 accepted as Echinaster luzonicus (Gray, 1840)
Species Echinaster eridanella Koehler, 1910 accepted as Echinaster purpureus (Gray, 1840)
Species Echinaster eschrichti J. Müller & Troschel, 1842 accepted as Henricia eschrichti (Müller & Troschel, 1842)
Species Echinaster eschrichti Muller & Troschel, 1842 accepted as Henricia eschrichti (Müller & Troschel, 1842)
Species Echinaster fallax Muller & Troschel, 1842 accepted as Echinaster purpureus (Gray, 1840)
Species Echinaster fallax Hutton, 1879 accepted as Henricia compacta (Sladen, 1889)
Species Echinaster heteractis (H.L. Clark, 1909) accepted as Nepanthia belcheri (Perrier, 1875)
Species Echinaster hirsuta Koehler, 1920 accepted as Rhopiella hirsuta (Koehler, 1920)
Species Echinaster madseni A.M. Clark & Tortonese, 1986 accepted as Echinaster (Echinaster) sepositus madseni A.M. Clark & Tortonese, 1950
Species Echinaster modestus Downey, 1973 accepted as Echinaster (Othilia) spinulosus Verrill, 1869
Species Echinaster multipapillatus Hoffman in Rowe, 1974 accepted as Echinaster luzonicus (Gray, 1840)
Species Echinaster oculatus Düben & Koren, 1846 accepted as Henricia sanguinolenta (O.F. Müller, 1776)
Species Echinaster ornatus Perrier, 1869 accepted as Henricia ornata (Perrier, 1869)
Species Echinaster pterasteroides Koehler, 1920 accepted as Rhopiella hirsuta (Koehler, 1920)
Species Echinaster purpureus Domantay & Roxas, 1938 accepted as Echinaster luzonicus (Gray, 1840)
Species Echinaster sagenus (Retzius, 1805) accepted as Echinaster (Echinaster) sepositus (Retzius, 1783)
Species Echinaster sanguinolentus M. Sars, 1844 accepted as Henricia sanguinolenta (O.F. Müller, 1776)
Species Echinaster sanguinolentus Muller & Troschel, 1842 accepted as Echinaster (Echinaster) sepositus (Retzius, 1783)
Species Echinaster sarsi Müller & Troschel, 1844 accepted as Henricia sanguinolenta (O.F. Müller, 1776)
Species Echinaster scrobiculatus Danielssen & Koren, 1883 accepted as Henricia perforata (O.F. Müller, 1776)
Species Echinaster sepositus Michelin, 1845 accepted as Echinaster purpureus (Gray, 1840)
Species Echinaster sladeni de Loriol, 1893 accepted as Cistina columbiae Gray, 1840
Species Echinaster smilax Koehler, 1920 accepted as Henricia smilax (Koehler, 1920)
Species Echinaster solaris Schreber, 1793 accepted as Acanthaster solaris Schreber, 1793 accepted as Acanthaster planci (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Echinaster spinulifer (E. A. Smith, 1876) accepted as Henricia spinulfera (E. A. Smith, 1876)
Species Echinaster spinulifer Sladen, 1889 accepted as Rhopiella hirsuta kerguelenensis (Koehler, 1920) accepted as Rhopiella hirsuta (Koehler, 1920)
Species Echinaster vestitus Perrier, 1869 accepted as Echinaster purpureus (Gray, 1840)
Species Echinaster vestitus H.L. Clark, 1914 accepted as Echinaster varicolor H.L. Clark, 1938
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
Link To ITIS
Note  Remark: Type species: Asterias seposita Lamarck, 1816 (=Asterias sagenaRetzius, 1805) by subsequent designation in Fisher, W.K. (1913) (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:123275
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  Hansson, Hans
2008-01-19 09:31:50Z  changed  Mah, Christopher
2008-10-25 14:18:49Z  changed  Mah, Christopher
  
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  Citation: Mah, C.; Hansson, H. (2013). Echinaster Müller & Troschel, 1840. 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=123275 on 2013-05-25
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