WoRMS taxon details
Nepanthia Gray, 1840
Asterina (Nepanthia) Gray, 1840 · unaccepted
Henricides Verrill, 1914 · unaccepted
Parasterina Fisher, 1908 · unaccepted (Synonym according to Rowe and...)
Synonym according to Rowe and Marsh (1982), confirms Fisher (1941)
- Species Nepanthia belcheri (Perrier, 1875)
- Species Nepanthia crassa (Gray, 1847)
- Species Nepanthia fisheri Rowe & Marsh, 1982
- Species Nepanthia maculata Gray, 1840
- Species Nepanthia pedicellaris Fisher, 1913
- Species Nepanthia brachiata Koehler, 1910 accepted as Paranepanthia brachiata (Koehler, 1910)
- Species Nepanthia brevis (Perrier, 1875) accepted as Nepanthia belcheri (Perrier, 1875) (Synonym according to Rowe and Marsh (1982))
- Species Nepanthia briareus (Bell, 1894) accepted as Pseudonepanthia briareus (Bell, 1894)
- Species Nepanthia gracilis Rowe & Marsh, 1982 accepted as Pseudonepanthia gracilis (Rowe & Marsh, 1982)
- Species Nepanthia grandis H.L. Clark, 1928 accepted as Paranepanthia grandis (H.L. Clark, 1928)
- Species Nepanthia grangei H.E.S. Clark & McKnight, 2001 accepted as Hyalinothrix grangei (Clark & McKnight, 2001)
- Species Nepanthia hadracantha A.M. Clark, 1966 accepted as Nepanthia troughtoni (Livingstone, 1934) accepted as Pseudonepanthia troughtoni (Livingstone, 1934) (A synonym according to Shepherd (1968))
- Species Nepanthia joubini Koehler, 1908 accepted as Nepanthia belcheri (Perrier, 1875) (A synonym according to Rowe & Marsh (1982))
- Species Nepanthia magnispina H.L. Clark, 1938 accepted as Nepanthia belcheri (Perrier, 1875) (Synonym according to Rowe and Marsh (1982))
- Species Nepanthia nigrobrunnea Rowe & Marsh, 1982 accepted as Pseudonepanthia nigrobrunnea (Rowe & Marsh, 1982)
- Species Nepanthia platydisca Fisher, 1913 accepted as Paranepanthia platydisca (Fisher, 1913) (Original designation)
- Species Nepanthia polyplax Döderlein, 1926 accepted as Nepanthia belcheri (Perrier, 1875) (synonym according to H.L. Clark (1938))
- Species Nepanthia reinga McKnight, 2001 accepted as Pseudonepanthia reinga (McKnight, 2001) (original designation)
- Species Nepanthia suffarcinata Sladen, 1888 accepted as Nepanthia belcheri (Perrier, 1875) (Synonym according to Rowe and Marsh (1982))
- Species Nepanthia tenuis H.L. Clark, 1938 accepted as Nepanthia maculata Gray, 1840 (Synonym according to Rowe and Marsh (1982))
- Species Nepanthia tesselata Gray, 1840 accepted as Chaetaster longipes (Bruzelius, 1805) (synonym according to Perrier (1875))
- Species Nepanthia troughtoni (Livingstone, 1934) accepted as Pseudonepanthia troughtoni (Livingstone, 1934)
- Species Nepanthia variabilis H.L. Clark, 1938 accepted as Nepanthia belcheri (Perrier, 1875) (A synonym according to Rowe & Marsh (1982))
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Gray, J.E. (1840). XXXII. A synopsis of the genera and species of the class Hypostoma (<i>Asterias</i>, Linnaeus). <em>Annals of the Magazine of Natural History.</em> 6: 275-290., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2336044#page/309/mode/1up
page(s): 287 [details]
page(s): 287 [details]
Mah, C.L. (2024). World Asteroidea Database. Nepanthia Gray, 1840. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=123288 on 2024-04-24
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original description
Gray, J.E. (1840). XXXII. A synopsis of the genera and species of the class Hypostoma (<i>Asterias</i>, Linnaeus). <em>Annals of the Magazine of Natural History.</em> 6: 275-290., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2336044#page/309/mode/1up
page(s): 287 [details]
original description (of Henricides Verrill, 1914) Verrill, A.E. (1914). Monograph of the shallow-water starfishes of the North Pacific coast from the Arctic Ocean to California. Harriman Alaska series: US National Museum 14: 1-408 pp., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/20755223
page(s): 210 [details]
original description (of Parasterina Fisher, 1908) Fisher, W.K. (1908). Necessary changes in the nomenclature of starfishes. <em>Smithsonian Miscellaneous collections (Quaterly).</em> 52: 87-93., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8812483
page(s): 90 [details]
original description (of Asterina (Nepanthia) Gray, 1840) Gray, J.E. (1840). XXXII. A synopsis of the genera and species of the class Hypostoma (<i>Asterias</i>, Linnaeus). <em>Annals of the Magazine of Natural History.</em> 6: 275-290., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2336044#page/309/mode/1up
page(s): 287 [details]
basis of record Hansson, H.G. (2001). Echinodermata, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i>. 50: pp. 336-351. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. <em>[Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].</em> , available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]
page(s): 287 [details]
original description (of Henricides Verrill, 1914) Verrill, A.E. (1914). Monograph of the shallow-water starfishes of the North Pacific coast from the Arctic Ocean to California. Harriman Alaska series: US National Museum 14: 1-408 pp., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/20755223
page(s): 210 [details]
original description (of Parasterina Fisher, 1908) Fisher, W.K. (1908). Necessary changes in the nomenclature of starfishes. <em>Smithsonian Miscellaneous collections (Quaterly).</em> 52: 87-93., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8812483
page(s): 90 [details]
original description (of Asterina (Nepanthia) Gray, 1840) Gray, J.E. (1840). XXXII. A synopsis of the genera and species of the class Hypostoma (<i>Asterias</i>, Linnaeus). <em>Annals of the Magazine of Natural History.</em> 6: 275-290., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2336044#page/309/mode/1up
page(s): 287 [details]
basis of record Hansson, H.G. (2001). Echinodermata, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i>. 50: pp. 336-351. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. <em>[Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].</em> , available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]
From other sources
Classification Nepanthia is currently included within the Asterinidae. [details]