WoRMS taxon details
Nymphaster Sladen, 1889
123299 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:123299)
accepted
Genus
Nymphaster protentus Sladen, 1889 accepted as Nymphaster arenatus (Perrier, 1881) (type by subsequent designation)
Dorigona Perrier, 1885, non Gray, 1866 · unaccepted (synonym)
- Species Nymphaster alcocki Ludwig in Chun, 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 (Nereidaster) Verrill, 1899 accepted as Rosaster Perrier, 1894
- Species Nymphaster albidus Sladen, 1889 accepted as Nymphaster arenatus (Perrier, 1881) (synonym)
- Species Nymphaster basilicus Sladen, 1889 accepted as Nymphaster arenatus (Perrier, 1881) (Synonym according to Halpern (1970))
- Species Nymphaster belli (Koehler, 1909) accepted as Nymphaster moebii (Studer, 1884) (Synonym according to Macan (1938))
- 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) (synonym according to Macan (1938))
- Species Nymphaster ludwigi (Koehler, 1909) accepted as Nymphaster moebii (Studer, 1884) (Synonym according to Macan (1938))
- Species Nymphaster prehensilis (Perrier, 1885) accepted as Nymphaster arenatus (Perrier, 1881) (Synonym according to Macan (1938))
- Species Nymphaster protentus Sladen, 1889 accepted as Nymphaster arenatus (Perrier, 1881) (Synonym according to Macan (1938))
- Species Nymphaster subspinosus (Perrier, 1881) accepted as Nymphaster arenatus (Perrier, 1881) (Synonym according to Downey in Clark & Downey (1992))
- Species Nymphaster symbolicus Sladen, 1889 accepted as Rosaster symbolicus (Sladen, 1889)
- Species Nymphaster ternalis (Perrier, 1881) accepted as Nymphaster arenatus (Perrier, 1881) (Synonym according to Halpern (1970))
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
Sladen, W.P. (1889). Report on the Asteroidea. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–1876. Zoology.</em> 30 (part 51): xlii + 893 pages, 118 plates., available online at http://www.19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-51/README.htm [details]
Mah, C.L. (2024). World Asteroidea Database. Nymphaster Sladen, 1889. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=123299 on 2024-04-19
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Sladen, W.P. (1889). Report on the Asteroidea. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–1876. Zoology.</em> 30 (part 51): xlii + 893 pages, 118 plates., available online at http://www.19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-51/README.htm [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 Clark, A. M.; Downey, M. E. (1992). Starfishes of the Atlantic. <i>Chapman & Hall Identification Guides</i>, 3. Chapman & Hall. London, UK. ISBN 0-412-43280-3. xxvi, 794 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Clark, A. M. (1993). An index of names of recent Asteroidea, part 2: Valvatida. <em>In: Jangoux, M.; Lawrence, J.M. (Ed.) (1996). Echinoderm Studies.</em> 4: 187-366. (look up in IMIS) [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 Clark, A. M.; Downey, M. E. (1992). Starfishes of the Atlantic. <i>Chapman & Hall Identification Guides</i>, 3. Chapman & Hall. London, UK. ISBN 0-412-43280-3. xxvi, 794 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Clark, A. M. (1993). An index of names of recent Asteroidea, part 2: Valvatida. <em>In: Jangoux, M.; Lawrence, J.M. (Ed.) (1996). Echinoderm Studies.</em> 4: 187-366. (look up in IMIS) [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Type specimen According to A.M. Clark (1993) Nymphaster Sladen in Thomson & Murray 1885 is a NOMEN NUDUM, diagnosed but no species named. [details]
