WoRMS taxon details
Nymphaster Sladen, 1889
AphiaID: 123299
AphiaID: 123299
| 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 | Nymphaster protentus Sladen, 1889 (type by subsequent designation) | |||||||||||||
| Parent | Goniasteridae Forbes, 1841 | |||||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Dorigona Perrier, 1885, non Gray, 1866 (synonym) | |||||||||||||
| Sources |
original description: Sladen, W.P. (1889). Report on the Asteroidea. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-1876, Zoology 30(51): xlii + 893 pages 118 plates. [details] 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] | |||||||||||||
| Direct child taxa [show all] | Species Nymphaster alcocki Ludwig, 1900 Species Nymphaster arenatus (Perrier, 1881) Species Nymphaster arthrocnemis Fisher, 1913 Species Nymphaster atopus Fisher, 1913 Species Nymphaster diomedeae Ludwig, 1905 Species Nymphaster dyscritus Fisher, 1913 Species Nymphaster euryplax Fisher, 1913 Species Nymphaster gardineri (Bell, 1909) Species Nymphaster habrotatus Fisher, 1913 Species Nymphaster leptodomus Fisher, 1913 Species Nymphaster meseres Fisher, 1913 Species Nymphaster moebii (Studer, 1884) Species Nymphaster moluccanus Fisher, 1913 Species Nymphaster mucronatus Fisher, 1913 Species Nymphaster nora Alcock, 1893 Species Nymphaster pentagonus H.L. Clark, 1916 Subgenus Nymphaster (Neridaster) Verrill, 1899 accepted as Rosaster Perrier, 1894 Species Nymphaster albidus Sladen, 1889 accepted as Nymphaster arenatus (Perrier, 1881) Species Nymphaster basilicus Sladen, 1889 accepted as Nymphaster arenatus (Perrier, 1881) Species Nymphaster basilicus Alcock, 1893 accepted as Nymphaster moebii (Studer, 1884) Species Nymphaster belli (Koehler, 1909) accepted as Nymphaster moebii (Studer, 1884) Species Nymphaster bipunctus Sladen, 1889 accepted as Rosaster bipunctus (Sladen, 1889) Species Nymphaster florifer Alcock, 1893 accepted as Rosaster florifer (Alcock, 1893) Species Nymphaster jacqueti (Perrier, 1894) accepted as Nymphaster arenatus (Perrier, 1881) Species Nymphaster ludwigi (Koehler, 1909) accepted as Nymphaster moebii (Studer, 1884) Species Nymphaster prehensilis (Perrier, 1885) accepted as Nymphaster arenatus (Perrier, 1881) Species Nymphaster protentus Sladen, 1889 accepted as Nymphaster arenatus (Perrier, 1881) Species Nymphaster protentus Alcock, 1893 accepted as Nymphaster moebii (Studer, 1884) Species Nymphaster subspinosus Bell, 1892 accepted as Nymphaster arenatus (Perrier, 1881) Species Nymphaster subspinosus (Perrier, 1881) accepted as Nymphaster arenatus (Perrier, 1881) Species Nymphaster symbolicus Sladen, 1889 accepted as Rosaster symbolicus (Sladen, 1889) Species Nymphaster ternalis (Perrier, 1881) accepted as Nymphaster arenatus (Perrier, 1881) | |||||||||||||
| Environment | marine, | |||||||||||||
| Fossil range | recent + fossil | |||||||||||||
| Links | To GenBank To ITIS | |||||||||||||
| Note |
Type: According to A.M. Clark (1993) Nymphaster Sladen in Thomson & Murray 1885 is a NOMEN NUDUM, diagnosed but no species named. [details] | |||||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:123299 | |||||||||||||
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| Citation: Mah, C.; Hansson, H. (2013). Nymphaster Sladen, 1889. 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=123299 on 2013-05-21 | ||||||||||||||
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