WoRMS name details
Retaster Perrier, 1878
146088 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:146088)
unaccepted (Subgenus according to Fisher (1940).)
Genus
- Species Retaster capensis (Gray, 1847) accepted as Pteraster capensis Gray, 1847
- Species Retaster cribrosus (von Martens, 1867) accepted as Euretaster cribrosus (von Martens, 1867)
- Species Retaster diaphanus Ludwig, 1905 accepted as Pteraster diaphanus (Ludwig, 1905)
- Species Retaster gibber Sladen, 1889 accepted as Pteraster gibber (Sladen, 1882)
- Species Retaster gracilis H.L. Clark, 1901 accepted as Pteraster gracilis H.L. Clark, 1901 accepted as Pteraster tesselatus Ives, 1888
- Species Retaster insignis Sladen, 1882 accepted as Euretaster insignis (Sladen, 1882)
- Species Retaster multipes (M. Sars, 1866) accepted as Diplopteraster multipes (M. Sars, 1866)
- Species Retaster peregrinator Sladen, 1882 accepted as Diplopteraster peregrinator (Sladen, 1882)
- Species Retaster verrucosus Sladen, 1882 accepted as Diplopteraster verrucosus (Sladen, 1882)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Sladen, W.P. (1889). Report on the Asteroidea. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–1876. Zoology.</em> 30 (part 51): xlii + 893 pages, 118 plates., available online at http://www.19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-51/README.htm [details]
Mah, C.L. (2024). World Asteroidea Database. Retaster Perrier, 1878. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=146088 on 2024-04-23
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original description
Sladen, W.P. (1889). Report on the Asteroidea. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–1876. Zoology.</em> 30 (part 51): xlii + 893 pages, 118 plates., available online at http://www.19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-51/README.htm [details]
basis of record Hansson, H.G. (2001). Echinodermata, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i>. 50: pp. 336-351. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Simpson J.J. & R.N.R. Brown (1910). Asteroidea of Portugese East Africa. Proc. R. phys. Soc. Edinburgh 18: 45-60. [details]
basis of record Hansson, H.G. (2001). Echinodermata, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i>. 50: pp. 336-351. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Simpson J.J. & R.N.R. Brown (1910). Asteroidea of Portugese East Africa. Proc. R. phys. Soc. Edinburgh 18: 45-60. [details]
From editor or global species database
Validity A subgenus of Pteraster according to Fisher (1940) but not recognized by Downey in Clark & Downey (1992). [details]