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Echinaster (Othilia) Gray, 1840 
AphiaID: 146068

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Asterozoa (Subphylum) > Asteroidea (Class) > Spinulosacea (Superorder) > Spinulosida (Order) > Echinasteridae (Family) > Echinaster (Genus)
Status alternate representation
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Accepted name  Echinaster Müller & Troschel, 1840
Rank Subgenus
Typetaxon Asterias spinosa Retzius, 1805 (type by subsequent designation)
Parent Echinaster Müller & Troschel, 1840
Sources  basis of record: 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]

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]

basis of record: 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]

Direct child
taxa

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 Species Echinaster (Othilia) aculeata (Gray, 1840)
Species Echinaster (Othilia) brasiliensis Müller & Troschel, 1842
Species Echinaster (Othilia) echinophorus (Lamarck, 1816)
Species Echinaster (Othilia) graminicola Campbell & Turner, 1984
Species Echinaster (Othilia) guyanensis A.M. Clark, 1987
Species Echinaster (Othilia) paucispinus A.M. Clark, 1987
Species Echinaster (Othilia) sentus (Say, 1825)
Species Echinaster (Othilia) serpentarius Müller & Troschel, 1842
Species Echinaster (Othilia) spinulosus Verrill, 1869
Species Echinaster (Othilia) tenuispinus Verrill, 1871

Species Echinaster (Othilia) robustus Verrill, 1914 (nomen dubium)

Species Echinaster (Othilia) antonioensis deLoriol, 1904 accepted as Echinaster (Othilia) brasiliensis Müller & Troschel, 1842
Species Echinaster (Othilia) brasiliensis Rathbun, 1879 accepted as Echinaster (Othilia) serpentarius Müller & Troschel, 1842
Species Echinaster (Othilia) brasiliensis Downey, 1973 accepted as Echinaster (Othilia) guyanensis A.M. Clark, 1987
Species Echinaster (Othilia) crassispina Verrill, 1868 accepted as Echinaster (Othilia) echinophorus (Lamarck, 1816)
Species Echinaster (Othilia) densispinulosus Tommasi, 1970 accepted as Echinaster (Othilia) brasiliensis Müller & Troschel, 1842
Species Echinaster (Othilia) doriae De Filippi, 1859 accepted as Echinaster (Othilia) brasiliensis Müller & Troschel, 1842
Species Echinaster (Othilia) lepidus de Loriol, 1904 accepted as Echinaster (Othilia) brasiliensis Müller & Troschel, 1842
Species Echinaster (Othilia) modestus Downey, 1973 accepted as Echinaster (Othilia) spinulosus Verrill, 1869
Species Echinaster (Othilia) nudus Tommasi, 1970 accepted as Echinaster (Othilia) brasiliensis Müller & Troschel, 1842
Species Echinaster (Othilia) serpentarius A.H. Clark in Krau, 1950 accepted as Echinaster (Othilia) brasiliensis Müller & Troschel, 1842
Species Echinaster (Othilia) spinosus (Retzius, 1805) accepted as Echinaster (Othilia) echinophorus (Lamarck, 1816)
Species Echinaster (Othilia) spinosus Muller & Troschel, 1842 accepted as Echinaster (Othilia) sentus (Say, 1825)
Species Echinaster (Othilia) spinulosus Bernasconi, 1958 accepted as Echinaster (Othilia) brasiliensis Müller & Troschel, 1842
Species Echinaster (Othilia) tribulus De Filippi, 1859 accepted as Echinaster (Othilia) brasiliensis Müller & Troschel, 1842
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:146068
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  Hansson, Hans
2009-01-22 02:48:17Z  changed  Mah, Christopher
  
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  Citation: Mah, C.; Hansson, H. (2013). Echinaster (Othilia) Gray, 1840. 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=146068 on 2013-05-20
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