Persephonaster Wood-Mason & Alcock, 1891 
AphiaID: 123252

Classification: Biota > Animalia > Echinodermata > Asterozoa > Asteroidea > Valvatacea > Paxillosida > Astropectinidae

Status		accepted
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank		Genus
Typetaxon		Persephonaster croceus Wood-Mason & Alcock, 1891
Parent		Astropectinidae Gray, 1840
Synonymised taxa		Psilasteropsis Fisher, 1906 (Synonym according to Koehler (1909))
Sources		original description: Wood-Mason, J.; Alcock, A. (1891). Natural history notes from H.M. Indian marine survey steamer 'Investigator', Commander R.F. Hoskyn, R.N., commanding. Series II, No. 1. On the results of deep-sea dredging during the season 1890-1891 Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. VIII, Sixth series(XLVIII): 427-452, plate XVII (look up in IMIS) [details] basis of record: Clark, A.M. (1989). An index of names of recent Asteroidea, part 1: Paxillosida and Notomyotida, in: Jangoux, M.; Lawrence, J.M. (Ed.) (1989). Echinoderm Studies, 3: pp. 225-347 (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: Fisher, W.K. (1919). Starfishes of the Philippine seas and adjacent waters. Bulletin of the United States National Museum, 3(100): 1-547. 156 pls. [details] additional source: North East Atlantic Taxa (look up in IMIS) [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]
Direct child taxa [show all]		Species Persephonaster armiger Ludwig, 1905 Species Persephonaster asper Goto, 1914 Species Persephonaster celebensis Doderlein, 1921 Species Persephonaster cingulatus (Fisher, 1906) Species Persephonaster coelochilus Alcock, 1893 Species Persephonaster croceus Wood-Mason & Alcock, 1891 Species Persephonaster echinulatus H.L. Clark, 1941 Species Persephonaster exquisitus Jangoux & Aziz, 1988 Species Persephonaster facetus (Koehler, 1907) Species Persephonaster gracilis (Sladen, 1889) Species Persephonaster habrogenys Fisher, 1913 Species Persephonaster humilis (Koehler, 1907) Species Persephonaster leptactis H.L. Clark, 1941 Species Persephonaster misakiensis Goto, 1914 Species Persephonaster monostoechus Fisher, 1913 Species Persephonaster oediplax Fisher, 1913 Species Persephonaster patagiatus (Sladen, 1889) Species Persephonaster pulcher Perrier, 1881 Species Persephonaster rhodopeplus Wood-Mason & Alcock, 1891 Species Persephonaster roulei Koehler, 1909 Species Persephonaster sewelli Macan, 1938 Species Persephonaster sphenoplax (Bell, 1892) Species Persephonaster suluensis Fisher, 1913 Species Persephonaster tenuis Fisher, 1913 Species Persephonaster anacanthus (Wood-Mason & Alcock, 1891) accepted as Persephonaster gracilis (Sladen, 1889) Species Persephonaster anchistus Fisher, 1913 accepted as Proserpinaster anchistus Fisher, 1913 Species Persephonaster brevispinus Fisher, 1919 accepted as Proserpinaster euryactis brevispinus (Fisher, 1919) Species Persephonaster euryactis Fisher, 1913 accepted as Proserpinaster euryactis (Fisher, 1913) Species Persephonaster euryplax Mortensen, 1933 accepted as Persephonaster roulei euryplax Mortensen, 1933 Species Persephonaster luzonicus Fisher, 1913 accepted as Proserpinaster luzonicus (Fisher, 1913) Species Persephonaster multicinctus Fisher, 1913 accepted as Persephonaster cingulatus multicinctus Fisher, 1913 Species Persephonaster neozelanicus Mortensen, 1925 accepted as Proserpinaster neozelanicus (Mortensen, 1925) Species Persephonaster penicillatus Fisher, 1905 accepted as Thrissacanthias penicillatus (Fisher, 1905) Species Persephonaster setoensis Hayashi, 1938 accepted as Ctenopleura ludwigi (deLoriol, 1899) Species Persephonaster spinulosus H.L. Clark, 1941 accepted as Persephonaster patagiatus (Sladen, 1889) Species Persephonaster triacanthus Goto, 1914 accepted as Astropecten triacanthus (Goto, 1914)
Environment		marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range		recent only
Feedingtypes		omnivore [details] predator [details] scavenger [details]
Links		To GenBank To ITIS
Note		Remark: Type species: Persephonaster croceus Wood-Mason & Alcock, 1891 by subsequent designation by Fisher (1905). [details]
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:123252
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2004-12-21 15:54:05Z   created   Hansson, Hans 2008-06-11 12:57:51Z   checked   Danis, Bruno 2009-01-17 01:37:51Z   changed   Mah, Christopher
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		Citation: Mah, C.; Danis, B.; Hansson, H. (2013). Persephonaster Wood-Mason & Alcock, 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=123252 on 2013-05-19