WoRMS taxon details
Mediaster Stimpson, 1857
AphiaID: 123298
AphiaID: 123298
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Asterozoa (Subphylum) > Asteroidea (Class) > Valvatacea (Superorder) > Valvatida (Order) > Goniasteridae (Family) |
| Status | accepted | |||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | |||||||||||||
| Rank | Genus | |||||||||||||
| Typetaxon | Mediaster aequalis Stimpson, 1857 (type by monotypy) | |||||||||||||
| Parent | Goniasteridae Forbes, 1841 | |||||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Isaster Verrill, 1894 | |||||||||||||
| 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: Mah, C.L., D.G. McKnight, M.K. Eagle, D.L. Pawson, N. Ameziane, D.J. Vance, A.N. Baker, H.E.S. Clark, and N. Alcock. 2009. Phylum Echinodermata. In Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) The New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch; 371-400. [details] | |||||||||||||
| Direct child taxa [show all] | Species Mediaster aequalis Stimpson, 1857 Species Mediaster arcuatus (Sladen, 1889) Species Mediaster australiensis H.L. Clark, 1916 Species Mediaster bairdi (Verrill, 1882) Species Mediaster boardmani (Livingstone, 1934) Species Mediaster brachiatus Goto, 1914 Species Mediaster capensis H.L. Clark, 1923 Species Mediaster dawsoni McKnight, 1973 Species Mediaster elegans Ludwig, 1905 Species Mediaster gartrelli H.E.S. Clark, 2001 Species Mediaster murrayi Macan, 1938 Species Mediaster ornatus Fisher, 1906 Species Mediaster pedicellaris (Perrier, 1881) Species Mediaster praestans Livingstone, 1933 Species Mediaster sladeni Benham, 1909 Species Mediaster tenellus Fisher, 1905 Species Mediaster transfuga Ludwig, 1905 Species Mediaster abyssi Ludwig, 1905 accepted as Mediaster elegans Ludwig, 1905 Species Mediaster agassizi Verrill, 1899 accepted as Mediaster pedicellaris (Perrier, 1881) Species Mediaster durbanensis Mortensen, 1933 accepted as Mediaster capensis durbanensis Mortensen, 1933 Species Mediaster florifer Fisher, 1919 accepted as Rosaster florifer (Alcock, 1893) Species Mediaster japonicus Verrill, 1899 accepted as Ceramaster japonicus (Sladen, 1889) Species Mediaster monacanthus H.L. Clark, 1916 accepted as Nectriaster monacanthus (H.L.Clark, 1916) Species Mediaster patagonicus Verrill, 1899 accepted as Ceramaster patagonicus (Sladen, 1889) Species Mediaster roseus Alcock, 1893 accepted as Pseudarchaster roseus (Alcock, 1893) Species Mediaster stellatus Perrier, 1891 accepted as Mediaster bairdi (Verrill, 1882) Species Mediaster trinadensis Bernasconi, 1957 accepted as Mediaster pedicellaris (Perrier, 1881) Species Mediaster trinadensis Halpern, 1970 accepted as Mediaster trinadensis Bernasconi, 1957 accepted as Mediaster pedicellaris (Perrier, 1881) | |||||||||||||
| Environment | marine, | |||||||||||||
| Fossil range | recent + fossil | |||||||||||||
| Links | To GenBank To ITIS | |||||||||||||
| Note |
Habitat: Known from seamounts and knolls [details] | |||||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:123298 | |||||||||||||
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| Citation: Mah, C.; Hansson, H. (2013). Mediaster Stimpson, 1857. 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=123298 on 2013-05-20 | ||||||||||||||
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