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Goniaster L. Agassiz, 1836 
AphiaID: 123294

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Asterozoa (Subphylum) > Asteroidea (Class) > Valvatacea (Superorder) > Valvatida (Order) > Goniasteridae (Family)
Status accepted
Record
status
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Rank Genus
Typetaxon Asterias tessellata de Lamarck, 1816
Parent Goniasteridae Forbes, 1841
Synonymised
taxa
  Astrogonium Müller & Troschel, 1842 (synonym)
Phaneraster Perrier, 1894 (Synonym according to Halpern (1970))
Sources  basis of record: 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]

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: 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: ITIS database, available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]

basis of record (from synonym): Rowe, F.W.E & Gates, J. (1995). Echinodermata. In ‘Zoological Catalogue of Australia’. 33 (Ed A. Wells.) pp xiii + 510 (CSIRO Australia, Melbourne.) [details] [view taxon]

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taxa

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 Species Goniaster tessellatus (de Lamarck, 1816)

Subgenus Goniaster (Ogmaster) von Martens, 1865 accepted as Ogmaster von Martens, 1865
Species Goniaster abbensis Gray, 1843 accepted as Hippasteria phrygiana phrygiana (Parelius, 1768)
Species Goniaster acutus (Heller, 1863) accepted as Peltaster placenta (Müller & Troschel, 1842)
Species Goniaster africanus Koehler, 1914 accepted as Plinthaster dentatus (Perrier, 1884)
Species Goniaster africanus Verrill, 1871 accepted as Goniaster tessellatus (de Lamarck, 1816)
Species Goniaster americanus Verrill, 1871 accepted as Goniaster tessellatus (de Lamarck, 1816)
Species Goniaster articulatus Lutken, 1865 accepted as Goniodiscaster scaber (Moebius, 1859)
Species Goniaster articulatus (L. Agassiz, MS) Gray, 1866 accepted as Anthenea pentagonula (Lamarck, 1816)
Species Goniaster belcheri Lutken, 1865 accepted as Stellaster equestris (Retzius, 1805)
Species Goniaster capella von Martens, 1865 accepted as Ogmaster capella (Müller & Troschel, 1842)
Species Goniaster cuspidatus Gray, 1840 accepted as Goniaster tessellatus (de Lamarck, 1816)
Species Goniaster duebeni Lutken, 1865 accepted as Pentagonaster duebeni Gray, 1847
Species Goniaster equestris (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Hippasteria phrygiana (Parelius, 1768)
Species Goniaster equestris von Martens, 1865 accepted as Stellaster equestris (Retzius, 1805)
Species Goniaster granularis Lutken, 1865 accepted as Ceramaster granularis (Retzius, 1783)
Species Goniaster hispidus M. Sars, 1872 accepted as Poraniomorpha (Poraniomorpha) hispida hispida (M. Sars, 1872)
Species Goniaster incei Lutken, 1865 accepted as Stellaster equestris (Retzius, 1805)
Species Goniaster lamarcki Verrill, 1899 accepted as Goniaster tessellatus (de Lamarck, 1816)
Species Goniaster longimanus Lutken, 1865 accepted as Iconaster longimanus (Mobius, 1859)
Species Goniaster muelleri von Martens, 1865 accepted as Stellaster equestris (Retzius, 1805)
Species Goniaster muelleri Lutken, 1871 accepted as Ogmaster capella (Müller & Troschel, 1842)
Species Goniaster multiporum Hoffman in Rowe, 1974 accepted as Culcita novaeguineae Müller & Troschel, 1842
Species Goniaster nidarosiensis Storm, 1881 accepted as Peltaster placenta (Müller & Troschel, 1842)
Species Goniaster obtusangulus Perrier, 1875 accepted as Pseudoreaster obtusangulus (Lamarck, 1816)
Species Goniaster pentagonulus von Martens, 1867 accepted as Anthenea regalis Koehler, 1910
Species Goniaster phrygianus Norman, 1865 accepted as Hippasteria phrygiana (Parelius, 1768)
Species Goniaster placenta Marenzeller, 1875 accepted as Peltaster placenta (Müller & Troschel, 1842)
Species Goniaster placentaeformis (Heller, 1863) accepted as Peltaster placenta (Müller & Troschel, 1842)
Species Goniaster pleyadella von Martens, 1865 accepted as Goniodiscaster pleyadella (Lamarck, 1816)
Species Goniaster sebae (Muller & Troschel, 1842) accepted as Culcita novaeguineae Müller & Troschel, 1842
Species Goniaster sebae Gray, 1840 accepted as Goniaster tessellatus (de Lamarck, 1816)
Species Goniaster semilunatus von Martens, 1866 accepted as Goniaster tessellatus (de Lamarck, 1816)
Species Goniaster templetoni Thomson in Forbes, 1839 accepted as Porania (Porania) pulvillus pulvillus (O.F. Müller, 1776)
Species Goniaster tuberculatus von Martens, 1869 accepted as Toraster tuberculatus (Gray, 1847)
Species Goniaster tuberculosus von Martens, 1865 accepted as Stellaster equestris (Retzius, 1805)
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
Link To ITIS
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:123294
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  Hansson, Hans
2007-04-19 12:02:41Z  changed  Vanhoorne, Bart
2008-01-21 06:51:38Z  changed  Mah, Christopher
  
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  Citation: Mah, C.; Hansson, H. (2013). Goniaster L. Agassiz, 1836. 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=123294 on 2013-06-20
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