WoRMS taxon details
Marthasterias glacialis (Linnaeus, 1758)
AphiaID: 123803
AphiaID: 123803
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Asterozoa (Subphylum) > Asteroidea (Class) > Forcipulatacea (Superorder) > Forcipulatida (Order) > Asteriidae (Family) > Marthasterias (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rank | Species | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Parent | Marthasterias Jullien, 1878 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Archaster typicus Rho, 1971 Asteracanthion africanus Müller & Troschel, 1842 (A forma of Marthasterias glacialis (Linnaeus 1758)) Asteracanthion glacialis Müller & Troschel, 1842 Asteracanthion webbianum Dujardin & Hupe, 1862 (synonym according to Sladen (1889)) Asterias africana Perrier, 1875 Asterias angulosa Abildgaard in O.F. Müller, 1788 (synonym according to Sladen (1889)) Asterias echinophora Delle Chiaje, 1827 (Synonym according to Sladen (1889)) Asterias glacialis Linnaeus, 1758 (synonym) Asterias madeirensis Stimpson, 1862 (Synonym according to Sladen (1889)) Asterias rarispina Perrier, 1875 (synonym) Asterias spinosa Pennant, 1777 (Synonym according to Sladen (1889)) Asterias undulata O.F. Mueller, 1784 Coscinasterias (Stolasterias) glacialis Perrier, 1894 Marthasterias africana (Müller & Troschel, 1842) Marthasterias foliacea Jullien, 1878 (synonym according to Sladen (1889)) Marthasterias rarispina (Perrier, 1875) Stellonia angulosa L. Agassiz, 1836 (synonym according to Sladen (1889)) Stellonia glacialis Nardo, 1834 Stellonia webbiana d'Orbigny, 1839 (synonym according to Sladen (1889)) Uraster glacialis 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] 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: Clark, A.M. and J. Courtman-Stock. (1976). The echinoderms of southern Africa. Publ. No. 766. British Museum (Nat. Hist), London. 277 pp. [details] additional source: Southward, E.C.; Campbell, A.C. (2006). [Echinoderms: keys and notes for the identification of British species]. Synopses of the British fauna (new series), 56. Field Studies Council: Shrewsbury, UK. ISBN 1-85153-269-2. 272 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: Dyntaxa (2013) Swedish Taxonomic Database. Accessed at www.dyntaxa.se [15-01-2013]., available online at http://www.dyntaxa.se [details] additional source: North East Atlantic Taxa (look up in IMIS) [details] from synonym: Agassiz, A. (1863). On the embryology of Asteracanthion berylinus Ag. and a species allied to A. rubens M.T. A. pallidus, Ag. Proc. Amer. Acad. April 14, 1-8, with a folding plate [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Clark, A.M.and Mah, C. (2001). An index of names of recent Asteroidea, part 4. Forcipulatida and Brisingida, in: Jangoux, M.; Lawrence, J.M. (Ed.) (2001). Echinoderm Studies, 6: pp. 229-347 (look up in IMIS) [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Clark, A.M. (1974). Notes on some echinoderms from southern Africa. Bulluetin of the British Museum of Natural History (Zoology) 26(6): 423-487, 3 pls, 16 figs, 1 map, 3 tables (look up in IMIS) [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. ii, 824 pp., available online at http://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/no_cache/dms/load/toc/?IDDOC=265100 [details] [view taxon] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vernacular Names |
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| Direct child taxa [show all] | Forma Marthasterias glacialis f. africana (Müller & Troschel, 1842) Forma Marthasterias glacialis f. rarispina H.L. Clark, 1923 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Environment | marine, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fossil range | recent only | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Distribution | Atlantic [details] Azores [details] Azores Exclusive Economic Zone [details] British Isles [details] Canaries [details] Canary Islands [details] Cape Verde [details] Cape Verdean Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Dutch Exclusive Economic Zone [details] European waters (ERMS scope) [details] False Bay [details] French Exclusive Economic Zone [Atlantic part] [details] French Exclusive Economic Zone [Mediterranean part] [details] Greek Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Icelandic Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Irish Exclusive economic Zone [details] Kattegat [details] Madeira [details] Mediterranean Sea [details] North East Atlantic [details] Norway [details] Norwegian Exclusive Economic Zone [details] South Africa (country) [details] South Angola [details] Swedish Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Trondheim [details] United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details] West Coast of Norway [details] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Feedingtypes |
omnivore [details]
predator [details] scavenger [details] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Host of |
Astericola clausi Rosoll, 1888 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Pseudanthessius liber (Brady, 1880) (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Asterocheres violaceus (Claus, 1889) (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Scottomyzon gibberum (T. & A. Scott, 1894) (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Stellicola clausi (Rosoll, 1888) (parasitic: ectoparasitic) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Links | Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland Marine Life Information Network - UK To Antarctic Invertebrates To Barcode of Life (20 barcodes) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (30 publications) To Dyntaxa To Encyclopedia of Life To GenBank (106 nucleotides; 93 proteins) To Marine Species Identification Portal To PESI To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection To ITIS | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notes |
Breeding: Hermaphrodite. Planktonic brachiloraia larva. Spring - summer [details] Distribution: From low intertidal to nearly 200 m depth, on rock and gravel, on west and southwest coasts of the British Isles, Devon to Shetland [details] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:123803 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Citation: Mah, C.; Hansson, H. (2013). Marthasterias glacialis (Linnaeus, 1758). 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=123803 on 2013-05-25 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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