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Asteriscus Müller & Troschel, 1842 
AphiaID: 123282

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Asterozoa (Subphylum) > Asteroidea (Class) > Valvatacea (Superorder) > Valvatida (Order) > Asterinidae (Family)
Status unaccepted unaccepted (Composite of Anseropoda and Asterina but see note for full explanation of synonymy)
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Accepted name  Anseropoda Nardo, 1834
Rank Genus
Parent Asterinidae Gray, 1840
Source  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]

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Species Asteriscus marginatus Hupe, 1857 (nomen nudum)

Species Asteriscus arrecifensis Greeff, 1872 accepted as Asterina gibbosa (Pennant, 1777)
Species Asteriscus australis Müller & Troschel, 1842 accepted as Patiriella gunni (Gray, 1840)
Species Asteriscus brasiliensis Lutken, 1859 accepted as Asterina stellifera (Möbius, 1859)
Species Asteriscus calcar Dujardin & Hupe, 1862 accepted as Patiriella gunni (Gray, 1840)
Species Asteriscus calcaratus Valenciennes in Gay, 1854 accepted as Asterina chilensis Lutken, 1859 accepted as Patiria chilensis Verrill, 1870
Species Asteriscus calcaratus Perrier, 1869 accepted as Patiriella calcarata (Perrier, 1869) accepted as Parvulastra calcarata (Perrier, 1869)
Species Asteriscus cepheus Müller & Troschel, 1842 accepted as Asterina burtoni cepheus (Müller & Troschel, 1842) accepted as Aquilonastra cepheus (Muller & Troschel, 1842)
Species Asteriscus ciliatus Lorenz, 1860 accepted as Asterina gibbosa (Pennant, 1777)
Species Asteriscus coccineus (Gray, 1840) accepted as Asterina miniata (Brandt, 1835) accepted as Patiria miniata Verrill, 1913
Species Asteriscus diesingi Müller & Troschel, 1842 accepted as Patiriella gunni (Gray, 1840)
Species Asteriscus exiguus Perrier, 1869 accepted as Patiriella gunni (Gray, 1840)
Species Asteriscus folium Lutken, 1859 accepted as Asterinides folium (Lutken, 1860)
Species Asteriscus gibbosa Fischer, 1869 accepted as Asterina gibbosa (Pennant, 1777)
Species Asteriscus kraussi (Gray, 1840) accepted as Patiriella exigua (Lamarck, 1816) accepted as Parvulastra exigua (Lamarck, 1816)
Species Asteriscus membranaceus (Retzius, 1783) accepted as Anseropoda placenta (Pennant, 1777)
Species Asteriscus militaris Müller & Troschel, 1842 accepted as Pteraster militaris (O.F. Müller, 1776)
Species Asteriscus miniatus Stimpson, 1857 accepted as Asterina miniata (Brandt, 1835) accepted as Patiria miniata Verrill, 1913
Species Asteriscus minutus Müller & Troschel, 1842 accepted as Asterina stellifera (Möbius, 1859)
Species Asteriscus palmipes Müller & Troschel, 1842 accepted as Anseropoda placenta (Pennant, 1777)
Species Asteriscus pancerii Gasco, 1876 accepted as Asterina pancerii (Gasco, 1870)
Species Asteriscus pectinifera Müller & Troschel, 1842 accepted as Patiria pectinifera (Muller & Troschel, 1842)
Species Asteriscus penicillaris Mûller & Troschel, 1842 accepted as Asterinopsis penicillaris (Lamarck, 1816)
Species Asteriscus pentagonus Müller & Troschel, 1842 accepted as Cryptasterina hystera Dartnall & Byrne, 2003 in Dartnall, Byrne, Collins & Hart, 2003
Species Asteriscus placenta Lutken, 1864 accepted as Anseropoda placenta (Pennant, 1777)
Species Asteriscus pulchellus Perrier, 1869 accepted as Asterina gibbosa (Pennant, 1777)
Species Asteriscus rosaceus Müller & Troschel, 1842 accepted as Anseropoda rosacea (Lamarck, 1816)
Species Asteriscus stellifer Möbius, 1859 accepted as Asterina stellifera (Möbius, 1859)
Species Asteriscus verruculatus (Retzius, 1805) accepted as Asterina gibbosa (Pennant, 1777)
Species Asteriscus verruculatus Peters, 1852 accepted as Asterina burtoni cepheus (Müller & Troschel, 1842) accepted as Aquilonastra cepheus (Muller & Troschel, 1842)
Species Asteriscus wega Perrier, 1869 accepted as Asterina burtoni Gray, 1840 accepted as Aquilonastra burtoni (Gray, 1840)
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
Link To GenBank
Note  Synonymy: None of the 4 named species were designated, so name is invalid. Genus was originally a composite of Anseropoda and Asterina but by designation of Asterias membranacea Lamarck, as type speices, Asteriscus can be disposed of in the synonymy of Anseropoda Nardo, 1834 since this is a synonym of Anseropoda placenta (Pennant, 1777) [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:123282
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Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  Hansson, Hans
2008-12-10 02:34:30Z  changed  Mah, Christopher
2008-12-11 02:30:39Z  changed  Mah, Christopher
2008-12-11 03:11:31Z  changed  Mah, Christopher
  
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  Citation: Mah, C.; Hansson, H. (2013). Asteriscus Müller & Troschel, 1842. 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=123282 on 2013-05-21
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