WoRMS banner

WoRMS RSS feed RSS
Add search provider Add provider
Twitter: Latest updates @WRMarineSpecies

WoRMS taxon details

Anasterias Perrier, 1875 
AphiaID: 172534

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Asterozoa (Subphylum) > Asteroidea (Class) > Forcipulatacea (Superorder) > Forcipulatida (Order) > Asteriidae (Family)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Genus
Parent Asteriidae Gray, 1840
Synonymised
taxa
  Asterias borbonica Perrier, 1875
Asteroderma Perrier, 1888 (Synonym according to Fisher (1940))
Calvasterias Perrier, 1875
Kalyptasterias Koehler, 1923 (Synonym according to Fisher (1940))
Parastichaster Koehler, 1920 (Synonym according to Fisher (1940))
Sporasterias Perrier, 1893 (Synonym according to Fisher (1940))
Stichorella Koehler, 1920 (Synonym according to Fisher (1922, 1930))
Sources  basis of record: Clarke, A.; Johnston, N.M. (2003). Antarctic marine benthic diversity. Oceanogr. Mar. Biol. Ann. Rev. 41: 47-114 (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]

additional source: Nomenclator Zoologicus, available online at http://uio.mbl.edu/NomenclatorZoologicus/ [details]

from synonym: Danis B & Jangoux M, 2006. The SCAR-MarBIN Register of Antarctic Marine Species: Asteroidea. World Wide Web electronic publication., available online at http://www.scarmarbin.be [details] [view taxon]

from synonym: Clark AM. An index of names of recent Asteroidea. In: Jangoux, M.; Lawrence, J.M. (Ed.) Echinoderm Studies, volumes 2-6 . Balkema: Rotterdam, The Netherlands. [details] [view taxon]

Direct child
taxa

[show all]
 Species Anasterias antarctica (Lütken, 1857)
Species Anasterias antipodium (Bell, 1882)
Species Anasterias asterinoides Perrier, 1875
Species Anasterias directa (Koehler, 1920)
Species Anasterias laevigata (Hutton, 1879)
Species Anasterias mawsoni (Koehler, 1920)
Species Anasterias pedicellaris Koehler, 1923
Species Anasterias perrieri (E. A. Smith, 1876)
Species Anasterias rupicola (Verrill, 1876)
Species Anasterias sphoerulata (Koehler, 1920)
Species Anasterias spirabilis (Bell, 1881)
Species Anasterias studeri Perrier, 1891
Species Anasterias suteri (deLoriol, 1894)
Species Anasterias varia (Philippi, 1870)

Species Anasterias haswelli Koehler, 1920 (nomen nudum, Possibly a mistake for Notasterias haswelli or a NOMEN NUDUM)
Species Anasterias nuda Perrier, 1878 (nomen nudum)

Species Anasterias adeliae Koehler, 1920 accepted as Lysasterias adeliae (Koehler, 1920)
Species Anasterias belgicae Ludwig, 1903 accepted as Lysasterias belgicae (Ludwig, 1903)
Species Anasterias chirophora Ludwig, 1903 accepted as Lysasterias chirophora (Ludwig, 1903)
Species Anasterias conferta (Koehler, 1923) accepted as Anasterias spirabilis (Bell, 1881)
Species Anasterias cupulifera Koehler, 1908 accepted as Lysasterias perrieri (Studer, 1885)
Species Anasterias lactea Ludwig, 1903 accepted as Lysasterias lactea (Ludwig, 1903)
Species Anasterias lysasteria Verrill, 1914 accepted as Lysasterias perrieri (Studer, 1885)
Species Anasterias minuta Perrier, 1875 accepted as Anasterias antarctica (Lütken, 1857)
Species Anasterias multicostata (Hamann) Verrill, 1899 accepted as Brisingenes multicostata (Verrill, 1894)
Species Anasterias octoradiata Koehler, 1914 accepted as Diplasterias octoradiata (Studer, 1885)
Species Anasterias perrieri Studer, 1885 accepted as Lysasterias perrieri (Studer, 1885)
Species Anasterias stolidota (Sladen, 1889) accepted as Anasterias varia (Philippi, 1870)
Species Anasterias studeri Koehler, 1914 accepted as Lysasterias perrieri (Studer, 1885)
Species Anasterias tenera Koehler, 1906 accepted as Lysasterias perrieri (Studer, 1885)
Species Anasterias verrilli Koehler, 1920 accepted as Anasterias antarctica (Lütken, 1857)
Species Anasterias victoriae Koehler, 1920 accepted as Lysasterias perrieri (Studer, 1885)
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
Specimen  Holotype (from synonym): MNHN EcAh 3320 [view taxon]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:172534
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2005-07-12 13:53:46Z  created  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2006-09-05 08:30:55Z  changed  Martinez, Olga
2008-06-11 12:57:51Z  checked  Danis, Bruno
2008-10-25 14:18:49Z  changed  Mah, Christopher
  
[Taxonomic tree] [Distribution map] [Google] [Google scholar] [Google images]
  Citation: Mah, C.; Danis, B. (2013). Anasterias Perrier, 1875. 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=172534 on 2013-05-21
  Creative Commons License The webpage text is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License