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Plinthaster Verrill, 1899 
AphiaID: 123303

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 Plinthaster perrieri Sladen, 1889 (type by subsequent designation)
Parent Goniasteridae Forbes, 1841
Synonymised
taxa		  Eugoniaster Verrill, 1899 (synonym)
 Pyrenaster Verrill, 1899 (Synonym according to Fisher (1911))
Sources  original description: Verrill, A.E. (1899). Revision of certain genera and species of starfishes, with descriptions of new forms. Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences, 10(1): 145-234 [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]

additional source: Halpern, J.A. (1970). Goniasteridae (Echinodermata: Asteroidea) of the Straits of Florida. Bulletin of Marine Science 20(1): 193-286 [details]

Direct child
taxa
[show all]		 Species Plinthaster ceramoidea (Fisher, 1906)
Species Plinthaster dentatus (Perrier, 1884)
Species Plinthaster doederleini (Koehler, 1909)
Species Plinthaster ephemeralis Macan, 1938
Species Plinthaster investigatoris (Alcock, 1893)

Species Plinthaster comptus (Verrill, 1899) accepted as Plinthaster dentatus (Perrier, 1884)
Species Plinthaster perrieri Sladen, 1889 accepted as Plinthaster dentatus (Perrier, 1884)
Species Plinthaster productus A.H.Clark, 1917 accepted as Diplasiaster productus (A.H.Clark, 1917)
Species Plinthaster singletoni McKnight, 1973 accepted as Pillsburiaster aoteanus McKnight, 1973
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
Link To ITIS
Note  Habitat: Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:123303
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  Hansson, Hans
2009-01-30 03:03:03Z  changed  Mah, Christopher
  
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  Citation: Mah, C.; Hansson, H. (2013). Plinthaster Verrill, 1899. 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=123303 on 2013-05-25
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