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Peltaster placenta (Müller & Troschel, 1842) 
AphiaID: 124055

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Asterozoa (Subphylum) > Asteroidea (Class) > Valvatacea (Superorder) > Valvatida (Order) > Goniasteridae (Family) > Peltaster (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Peltaster Verrill, 1899
Synonymised
taxa
  Ceramaster placenta Fisher, 1911
Goniaster acutus (Heller, 1863) (A synonym of Pentagonaster (=Peltaster) placenta Muller & Troschel 1842 according to Lutken (1897))
Goniaster nidarosiensis Storm, 1881 (synonym)
Goniaster placenta Marenzeller, 1875
Goniaster placentaeformis (Heller, 1863) (A synonym according to Ludwig (1897))
Goniodiscus acutus Heller, 1863 (synonym according to Ludiwg (1897))
Goniodiscus placenta Müller & Troschel, 1842 (synonym)
Goniodiscus placentaeformis Heller, 1863 (synonym accoridng to Ludwig (1897))
Peltaster hebes Verrill, 1899 (synonym)
Peltaster nidarosiensis (Storm, 1881) (synonym according to Walenkamp (1976))
Peltaster planus (Verrill, 1895) (Synonym according to Tortonese & A.M. Clark (1956))
Pentagonaster acutus (Heller, 1863) (A synonym according to Ludwig (1897))
Pentagonaster minor Koehler, 1895 (Synonym according to Ludwig (1897))
Pentagonaster mirabilis Perrier, 1875 (synonym according to Ludwig (1897))
Pentagonaster nidarosiensis Storm, 1888
Pentagonaster planus Verrill, 1895 (synonym)
Pentagonaster vincenti Perrier, 1885 (Synonym according to Halpern (1970-PhD Dissertation) and in Downey (1973))
Sphaeriodiscus placenta Fisher, 1919
Tosia mirabilis (Perrier, 1875) (A synonym according to Ludwig (1897))
Tosia placenta Verrill, 1899
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: Halpern, J.A. (1970). Goniasteridae (Echinodermata: Asteroidea) of the Straits of Florida. Bulletin of Marine Science 20(1): 193-286 [details]

additional source: Pawson, D. L., D. J. Vance, C. G. Messing, F. A. Solis-Marin, and C. L. Mah. 2009. Echinodermata of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1177–1204 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College S [details]

additional source: North East Atlantic Taxa (look up in IMIS[details]

basis of record (from synonym): Koehler, R. (1921). Echinodermes. Faune de France, 1. Librairie de la Faculte des Sciences, Paris. 216 pp. [details] [view taxon]

original description (from synonym): 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] [view taxon]

context source (Deepsea): Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]

Vernacular
Names
 
Language   Name 
Norwegian Bokmål storsjøkjeks  [details]
Norwegian Nynorsk storsjøkjeks  [details]
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
Distribution Adriatic Sea (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Arcachon Bay (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Argentine Basin [details]
Atlantic [details]
Azores [details]
Bahamas [details]
Bay of Biscay [details]
Brazil Basin [details]
British Isles [details]
Canary Basin [details]
Canary Islands [details]
Cape Cod [details]
Cape Hatteras [details]
Cape Verde [details]
Caribbean Sea [details]
Cuba [details]
European waters (ERMS scope) [details]
Florida [details]
French Exclusive Economic Zone [Mediterranean part] (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Greek Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Gulf of Gascogne (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Gulf of Mexico [details]
Guyana Basin [details]
Haiti [details]
Iberian Basin [details]
Iceland [details]
Kattegat [details]
Madeira [details]
Mediterranean Sea [details]
Moroccan Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Naples (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Norway [details]
Rockall Trough [details]
Sargasso Sea [details]
Trondheim [details]
West European Basin [details]
Yucatan [details]
Links To Barcode of Life (4 barcodes)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:124055
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  Hansson, Hans
2008-06-11 09:51:08Z  checked  Danis, Bruno
2008-10-23 02:03:00Z  changed  Mah, Christopher
  
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  Citation: Mah, C.; Danis, B.; Hansson, H. (2013). Peltaster placenta (Müller & Troschel, 1842). 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=124055 on 2013-06-19
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