WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Echinaster (Echinaster) sepositus (Retzius, 1783)

Echinaster (Echinaster) sepositus (Retzius, 1783)
AphiaID: 125161

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Asterozoa (Subphylum) > Asteroidea (Class) > Spinulosacea (Superorder) > Spinulosida (Order) > Echinasteridae (Family) > Echinaster (Genus) > Echinaster (Echinaster) (Subgenus)

Status

accepted

Record
status

Checked by Taxonomic Editor

Rank

Species

Parent

Echinaster (Echinaster) Müller & Troschel, 1840

Synonymised
taxa

Asterias rosacea Verany, 1846 (Synonym according to Ludwig (1897))
Asterias rubens Olivi, 1792 (Synonym according to Ludwig (1897))
Asterias sagena Retzius, 1805 (synonym according to Torotnese & Madsen (1979))
Asterias seposita Retzius, 1783 (synonym)
Cribrella oculata Russo, 1893 (Synonym according to Ludwig (1897))
Cribrella seposita Dujardin & Hupé, 1862
Echinaster sagenus (Retzius, 1805) (Synonym as restricted by Tortonese & Madsen (1979))
Echinaster sanguinolentus Muller & Troschel, 1842 (Synonym according to Ludwig (1897))
Echinaster sepositus (Retzius, 1783)
Rhopia seposita (Lamarck, 1816)
Stellonia seposita Nardo, 1834

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

from synonym: Clark, A.M. (1996). An index of names of recent Asteroidea, part 3. Velatida and Spinulosida, in: Jangoux, M.; Lawrence, J.M. (Ed.) (1996). Echinoderm Studies, 5: pp. 183-250 (look up in IMIS) [details] [view taxon]

from synonym: MarLIN [details] [view taxon]

context source (Deepsea): Census of Marine Life (2012). SYNDEEP: Towards a first global synthesis of biodiversity, biogeography and ecosystem function in the deep sea. Unpublished data (datasetID: 30), available online at http://www.comlsecretariat.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/SYNDEEP-Towards-a-first-global-synthesis-of-biodiversity-biogeography-and-ecosystem-function-in-the-deep-sea-Eva-Ramirez-Llodra-et-al..pdf [details]

Vernacular
Names

Language	Name
Catalan	estrella vermella	[details]
Dutch	oranjerode zeester	[details]
English	red starfish	[details]
French	étoile de mer rouge	[details]
German	roter Seestern	[details]
Italian	stella rossa	[details]
Spanish	estrella espinosa	[details]

Direct child
taxa
[show all]

Subspecies Echinaster (Echinaster) sepositus madseni A.M. Clark & Tortonese, 1950
Subspecies Echinaster (Echinaster) sepositus madseni A.M. Clark & Tortonese, 1986
Subspecies Echinaster (Echinaster) sepositus sepositus (Retzius, 1783)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

Distribution

British Isles [details]
Cape Verde [details]
French Exclusive Economic Zone [Atlantic part] (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
French Exclusive Economic Zone [Mediterranean part] (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Ireland [details]
Mediterranean Sea [details]
North East Atlantic [details]
South England [details]
United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]

Links

Marine Life Information Network - UK
To Encyclopedia of Life
To PESI
To ITIS

Notes

Breeding: Large red eggs. Summer [details]

Distribution: Not known at the present from the British Isles but may be expected to arrive in southern England and Ireland. Subllittoral among algae or Zostera [details]

Images

Echinaster sepositus
added on 2009-03-13 - author: Wirtz, Peter
qualitystatus: checked by Mah, Christopher on 2009-03-13 12:15:59