Stichaster Müller & Troschel, 1840 
AphiaID: 123228

Classification: Biota > Animalia > Echinodermata > Asterozoa > Asteroidea > Forcipulatacea > Forcipulatida > Stichasteridae

Status		accepted
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank		Genus
Parent		Stichasteridae
Synonymised taxa		Coelasterias Verrill, 1871 (Synonym according to Fisher (1922, 1930)) Tonia Gray, 1840 (synonym according to Sladen (1889))
Sources		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: Nomenclator Zoologicus, available online at http://uio.mbl.edu/NomenclatorZoologicus/ [details]
Direct child taxa [show all]		Species Stichaster australis (Verrill, 1871) Species Stichaster striatus Müller & Troschel, 1840 Species Stichaster albulus (Stimpson, 1853) accepted as Stephanasterias albula (Stimpson, 1853) Species Stichaster arcticus Danielssen & Koren, 1884 accepted as Stichastrella rosea (O.F. Müller, 1776) Species Stichaster aurantiacus Verrill, 1870 accepted as Stichaster striatus Müller & Troschel, 1840 Species Stichaster felipes Sladen, 1889 accepted as Cosmasterias felipes (Sladen, 1889) Species Stichaster insignis Farquhar, 1894 accepted as Allostichaster insignis (Farquhar, 1895) Species Stichaster littoralis Farquhar, 1894 accepted as Anasterias suteri (deLoriol, 1894) Species Stichaster nutrix Studer, 1885 accepted as Granaster nutrix (Studer, 1885) Species Stichaster polygrammus Sladen, 1889 accepted as Cosmasterias lurida (Philippi, 1858) Species Stichaster polyplax Sladen, 1889 accepted as Allostichaster polyplax (Muller & Troschel, 1844) Species Stichaster roseus M. Sars, 1861 accepted as Stichastrella rosea (O.F. Müller, 1776) Species Stichaster suteri de Loriol, 1894 accepted as Anasterias suteri (deLoriol, 1894) Species Stichaster talismani Perrier, 1885 accepted as Neomorphaster margaritaceus Perrier, in Milne-Edwards, 1882
Environment		marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range		recent only
Feedingtypes		omnivore [details] predator [details] scavenger [details]
Note		Classification: Placed in family Asteriidae in the printed verion of ERMS [details]
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:123228
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2004-12-21 15:54:05Z   created   Hansson, Hans 2007-06-08 22:54:21Z   changed   Vanden Berghe, Edward 2008-10-22 01:37:08Z   changed   Mah, Christopher 2008-12-26 05:08:28Z   changed   Mah, Christopher
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		Citation: Mah, C.; Hansson, H. (2013). Stichaster Müller & Troschel, 1840. 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=123228 on 2013-05-25