WoRMS taxon details
Sideriaster Verrill, 1899
AphiaID: 146054
AphiaID: 146054
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Asterozoa (Subphylum) > Asteroidea (Class) > Valvatacea (Superorder) > Paxillosida (Order) > Astropectinidae (Family) |
| Status |  unaccepted (synonym according to A.M. & A.H. Clark (1954)) | ||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||
| Accepted name | Tethyaster Sladen, 1889 | ||||||||||
| Rank | Genus | ||||||||||
| Parent | Astropectinidae Gray, 1840 | ||||||||||
| Sources |
original description: 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] 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] | ||||||||||
| Direct child taxa [show all] | Species Sideriaster canaliculata A.H. Clark, 1916 accepted as Tethyaster canaliculatus (A.H. Clark, 1916) Species Sideriaster grandis Verrill, 1899 accepted as Tethyaster grandis (Verrill, 1899) Species Sideriaster vestitus Verrill, 1915 accepted as Tethyaster vestitus (Say, 1825) | ||||||||||
| Environment | marine, | ||||||||||
| Fossil range | recent only | ||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:146054 | ||||||||||
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| Citation: Mah, C.; Hansson, H. (2013). Sideriaster Verrill, 1899. 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=146054 on 2013-06-20 | |||||||||||
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