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Anseropoda Nardo, 1834 
AphiaID: 123280

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Asterozoa (Subphylum) > Asteroidea (Class) > Valvatacea (Superorder) > Valvatida (Order) > Asterinidae (Family)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Genus
Typetaxon Asterias placenta Pennant, 1777 (type by subsequent designation)
Parent Asterinidae Gray, 1840
Synonymised
taxa
  Asteriscus Müller & Troschel, 1842 (Composite of Anseropoda and Asterina but see note for full explanation of synonymy)
Carna Gistel, 1848 (synonym)
Palmipes L. Agassiz, 1836
Sources  original description: Nardo, J.D. (1834). De Asteriis, pp. 716-717. Isis, Jena. Encyclopaedische Zeitung. [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 J. Courtman-Stock. (1976). The echinoderms of southern Africa. Publ. No. 766. British Museum (Nat. Hist), London. 277 pp. [details]

additional source: North East Atlantic Taxa (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]

from synonym: Clark, A.M. (1993). An index of names of recent Asteroidea, part 2: Valvatida, in: Jangoux, M.; Lawrence, J.M. (Ed.) (1993). Echinoderm Studies, 4: pp. 187-366 (look up in IMIS[details] [view taxon]

Direct child
taxa

[show all]
 Species Anseropoda antarctica Fisher, 1940
Species Anseropoda aotearoa McKnight, 1973
Species Anseropoda diaphana (Sladen, 1889)
Species Anseropoda fisheri Aziz & Jangoux, 1985
Species Anseropoda grandis Mortensen, 1933
Species Anseropoda habracantha H.L. Clark, 1923
Species Anseropoda insignis Fisher, 1906
Species Anseropoda lobiancoi (Ludwig, 1897)
Species Anseropoda ludovici (Koehler, 1909)
Species Anseropoda macropora Fisher, 1913
Species Anseropoda novemradiata (Bell, 1905)
Species Anseropoda pellucida (Alcock, 1893)
Species Anseropoda petaloides (Goto, 1914)
Species Anseropoda placenta (Pennant, 1777)
Species Anseropoda tenuis (Goto, 1914)

Species Anseropoda rosacea (Lamarck, 1816) (nomen dubium)

Species Anseropoda lobianci Koehler, 1924 accepted as Anseropoda lobiancoi (Ludwig, 1897)
Species Anseropoda membranacea Nardo, 1834 accepted as Anseropoda placenta (Pennant, 1777)
Species Anseropoda membranacea (Retzius, 1783) accepted as Anseropoda placenta (Pennant, 1777)
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
Links To GenBank
To ITIS
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:123280
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  Hansson, Hans
2008-10-24 13:48:31Z  changed  Mah, Christopher
  
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  Citation: Mah, C.; Hansson, H. (2013). Anseropoda Nardo, 1834. 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=123280 on 2013-05-24
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