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Sclerasterias Perrier, 1891 
AphiaID: 123225

Classification: Biota > Animalia > Echinodermata > Asterozoa > Asteroidea > Forcipulatacea > Forcipulatida > Asteriidae
Status accepted
Record
status
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Rank Genus
Parent Asteriidae Gray, 1840
Synonymised
taxa
  Australiaster Fisher, 1923
Eustolasterias Fisher, 1923 (synonym)
Hydrasterias Perrier, 1893 (synonym)
Pedicellaster parvulus Perrier, 1891
Rumbleaster McKnight, 2006 (synonym)
Triplasterias Engel & Schroevers, 1960 (synonym)
Sources  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]

basis of record: Clark, A.M. and J. Courtman-Stock. (1976). The echinoderms of southern Africa. Publ. No. 766. British Museum (Nat. Hist), London. 277 pp. [details]

additional source: Fisher, W.K. (1924). The genus Sclerasterias Perrier. Bulletin de Institut Oceanographique, Monaco 414(3): 1-8 [details]

from synonym: 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] [view taxon]

from synonym: Mah, C.L., D.G. McKnight, M.K. Eagle, D.L. Pawson, N. Ameziane, D.J. Vance, A.N. Baker, H.E.S. Clark, and N. Alcock. 2009. Phylum Echinodermata. In Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) The New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch; 371-400.  [details] [view taxon]

from synonym: McKnight D.G. (2006). The marine fauna of New Zealand, Echinodermata: Asteroidea (Sea-stars). 3. Orders Velatida, Spinulosida, Forcipulatida, Brisingida with addenda to Paxillosida, Valvatida. NIWA Biodiversity Memoir 120: 1-187. [details] [view taxon]

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 Species Sclerasterias alexandri (Ludwig, 1905)
Species Sclerasterias contorta (Perrier, 1881)
Species Sclerasterias euplecta (Fisher, 1906)
Species Sclerasterias eustyla (Sladen, 1889)
Species Sclerasterias guernei Perrier, 1891
Species Sclerasterias heteropaes Fisher, 1924
Species Sclerasterias mazophora (Wood-Mason & Alcock, 1891)
Species Sclerasterias mollis (Hutton, 1872)
Species Sclerasterias neglecta (Perrier, 1891)
Species Sclerasterias parvulus (Perrier, 1891)
Species Sclerasterias richardi (Perrier, 1882)
Species Sclerasterias satsumana Doderlein, 1902
Species Sclerasterias tanneri (Verrill, 1880)

Species Sclerasterias peregrina Bell (nomen nudum)

Species Sclerasterias candicans (Ludwig, 1903) accepted as Notasterias candicans (Ludwig, 1903)
Species Sclerasterias crassa H.L. Clark, 1940 accepted as Sclerasterias alexandri (Ludwig, 1905)
Species Sclerasterias hypacantha Fisher, 1928 accepted as Sclerasterias euplecta (Fisher, 1906)
Species Sclerasterias nitida Koehler, 1910 accepted as Sclerasterias mazophora (Wood-Mason & Alcock, 1891)
Species Sclerasterias stenactis (H.L. Clark, 1926) accepted as Sclerasterias mazophora (Wood-Mason & Alcock, 1891)
Species Sclerasterias subangulosa Fisher, 1928 accepted as Sclerasterias contorta (Perrier, 1881)
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent + fossil
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Note  Habitat: Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:123225
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  Hansson, Hans
2008-10-25 14:18:49Z  changed  Mah, Christopher
  
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  Citation: Mah, C.; Hansson, H. (2013). Sclerasterias Perrier, 1891. In: Mah, C.L. (2013) World Asteroidea database. Accessed through: Mah, C.L. (2013) World Asteroidea database at http://www.marinespecies.org/asteroidea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=123225 on 2013-05-18
  
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