WoRMS taxon details
Stephanaster Ayres, 1851
AphiaID: 123306
AphiaID: 123306
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Asterozoa (Subphylum) > Asteroidea (Class) > Valvatacea (Superorder) > Valvatida (Order) > Goniasteridae (Family) |
| Status |  unaccepted (Synonym) | ||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||
| Accepted name | Pentagonaster Gray, 1840 | ||||||||||
| Rank | Genus | ||||||||||
| Parent | Goniasteridae Forbes, 1841 | ||||||||||
| Sources |
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] basis of record: Rowe, F.W.E & Gates, J. (1995). Echinodermata. In ‘Zoological Catalogue of Australia’. 33 (Ed A. Wells.) pp xiii + 510 (CSIRO Australia, Melbourne.) [details] | ||||||||||
| Direct child taxa [show all] | Species Stephanaster astrologorum Perrier, 1894 accepted as Tosia australis Gray, 1840 Species Stephanaster australis Perrier, 1894 accepted as Tosia australis Gray, 1840 Species Stephanaster bourgeti Perrier, 1885 accepted as Sphaeriodiscus bourgeti (Perrier, 1885) Species Stephanaster bourgeti Perrier, 1894 accepted as Sphaeriodiscus bourgeti (Perrier, 1885) Species Stephanaster duebeni Perrier, 1894 accepted as Pentagonaster duebeni Gray, 1847 Species Stephanaster elegans Ayres, 1851 accepted as Pentagonaster pulchellus Gray, 1840 Species Stephanaster gunni Perrier, 1894 accepted as Pentagonaster duebeni Gray, 1847 Species Stephanaster procyon (Cuvier, 1836) accepted as Tosia australis Gray, 1840 Species Stephanaster pulchellus Perrier, 1894 accepted as Pentagonaster pulchellus Gray, 1840 | ||||||||||
| Environment | marine, | ||||||||||
| Fossil range | recent only | ||||||||||
| Note |
Synonymy: A synonym of Pentagonaster Gray, 1840 by synonymy of the type species, according to Dujardin & Hupe (1862). Perrier's usage invalid. [details] | ||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:123306 | ||||||||||
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| Citation: Mah, C.; Hansson, H. (2013). Stephanaster Ayres, 1851. 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=123306 on 2013-05-20 | |||||||||||
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