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Gnathaster Sladen, 1889 
AphiaID: 123308

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Asterozoa (Subphylum) > Asteroidea (Class) > Valvatacea (Superorder) > Valvatida (Order) > Odontasteridae (Family)
Status unaccepted unaccepted (A synonym of Odontaster Verrill 1880 ccording to Fisher (1911))
Record
status
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Accepted name  Odontaster Verrill, 1880
Rank Genus
Parent Odontasteridae Verrill, 1899
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: 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: Nomenclator Zoologicus, available online at http://uio.mbl.edu/NomenclatorZoologicus/ [details]

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Species Gnathaster dilatatus Sladen, 1889 accepted as Diplodontias dilatatus (Perrier, 1875)
Species Gnathaster elegans (Koehler, 1912) accepted as Odontaster meridionalis (E. A. Smith, 1876)
Species Gnathaster elongatus Sladen, 1889 accepted as Acodontaster elongatus (Sladen, 1889)
Species Gnathaster grayi (Bell, 1881) accepted as Odontaster penicillatus (Philippi, 1870)
Species Gnathaster mediterraneus von Marenzeller, 1893 accepted as Odontaster mediterraneus (Marenzeller, 1893)
Species Gnathaster meridionalis Sladen, 1889 accepted as Odontaster meridionalis (E. A. Smith, 1876)
Species Gnathaster miliaris Sladen, 1889 accepted as Diplodontias miliaris (Gray, 1847)
Species Gnathaster miliaris Hutton, 1872 accepted as Diplodontias dilatatus (Perrier, 1875)
Species Gnathaster pedicellaris (Perrier, 1891) accepted as Odontaster penicillatus (Philippi, 1870)
Species Gnathaster penicillatus Koehler, 1920 accepted as Odontaster penicillatus (Philippi, 1870)
Species Gnathaster pilulatus Sladen, 1889 accepted as Odontaster penicillatus (Philippi, 1870)
Species Gnathaster rugosus (Hutton, 1872) accepted as Diplodontias miliaris (Gray, 1847)
Species Gnathaster singularis Sladen, 1889 accepted as Diplodontias singularis (Müller & Troschel, 1843)
Species Gnathaster tenuis (Koehler, 1920) accepted as Odontaster validus Koehler, 1906
Species Gnathaster validus Koehler, 1920 accepted as Odontaster validus Koehler, 1906
Species Gnathaster verrucosus Sladen, 1889 accepted as Cycethra verrucosa (Philippi, 1857)
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
Link To ITIS
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:123308
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  Hansson, Hans
2006-09-12 06:54:36Z  changed  Martinez, Olga
2008-10-24 23:33:30Z  changed  Mah, Christopher
  
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  Citation: Mah, C.; Hansson, H. (2013). Gnathaster 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=123308 on 2013-05-25
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