Pteraster Müller & Troschel, 1842 
AphiaID: 123335

Classification: Biota > Animalia > Echinodermata > Asterozoa > Asteroidea > Velatida > Pterasteridae

Status		accepted
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank		Genus
Typetaxon		Asterias militaris O.F. Müller, 1776 (type by monotypy)
Parent		Pterasteridae Perrier, 1875
Synonymised taxa		Hexaster Perrier, 1891 (Synonym according to Fisher (1911)) Lophopteraster Verrill, 1895 (Synonym according to Fisher (1940)) Marsipaster Sladen, 1882 (Synonym according to Downey (1973).) Pteraster (Apterodon) Fisher, 1940 Pteraster (Retaster) Perrier, 1878 Pteraster (Temnaster) Verrill, 1894 (synonym) Pterasterides Verrill, 1909 (synonym) Retaster Perrier, 1878 (Subgenus according to Fisher (1940).) Temnaster Verrill, 1894 (Synonym according to Fisher (1911))
Sources		basis of record: Clark, A.M. (1996). An index of names of recent Asteroidea, part 3. Velatida and Spinulosida, in: Jangoux, M.; Lawrence, J.M. (Ed.) (1996). Echinoderm Studies, 5: pp. 183-250 (look up in IMIS) [details] 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] additional source: Hansson, H.G. (Comp.) 1998. NEAT (North East Atlantic Taxa): Scandinavian Echinodermata Check-List, available online at http://www.tmbl.gu.se/libdb/taxon/neat_pdf/NEAT*Echinodermata.pdf [details] from synonym: Simpson J.J. & R.N.R. Brown (1910). Asteroidea of Portugese East Africa. Proc. R. phys. Soc. Edinburgh 18: 45-60. [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Sladen, W.P. (1889). Report on the Asteroidea. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-1876, Zoology 30(51): xlii + 893 pages 118 plates. [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]
Vernacular Names		Language    Name   English slime stars  [details]
Direct child taxa [show all]		Species Pteraster abyssorum (Verrill, 1895) Species Pteraster acicula (Downey, 1970) Species Pteraster affinis Smith, 1876 Species Pteraster alveolatus Perrier, 1894 Species Pteraster bathami Fell, 1958 Species Pteraster capensis Gray, 1847 Species Pteraster caribbaeus Perrier, 1881 Species Pteraster corynetes Fisher, 1916 Species Pteraster coscinopeplus Fisher, 1910 Species Pteraster diaphanus (Ludwig, 1905) Species Pteraster educator Djakonov, 1958 Species Pteraster flabellifer Mortensen, 1933 Species Pteraster florifer Koehler, 1920 Species Pteraster fornicatus Mortensen, 1933 Species Pteraster gibber (Sladen, 1882) Species Pteraster hastatus Mortensen, 1913 Species Pteraster hirsutus (Sladen, 1882) Species Pteraster hymenasteroides Djakonov, 1958 Species Pteraster hystrix Harvey, 1989 Species Pteraster ifurus Golotsvan, 1998 Species Pteraster jordani Fisher, 1905 Species Pteraster koehleri A.M. Clark, 1962 Species Pteraster marsippus Fisher, 1910 Species Pteraster militarioides H.L. Clark, 1941 Species Pteraster militaris (O.F. Müller, 1776) Species Pteraster minutus Djakonov, 1958 Species Pteraster multiporus H.L. Clark, 1908 Species Pteraster obesus H.L. Clark, 1908 Species Pteraster obscurus (Perrier, 1891) Species Pteraster octaster Verrill, 1909 Species Pteraster personatus Sladen, 1891 Species Pteraster pulvillus (M. Sars, 1861) Species Pteraster reticulatus Fisher, 1906 Species Pteraster robertsoni McKnight, 1973 Species Pteraster rugatus Sladen, 1882 Species Pteraster rugosus H.L. Clark, 1941 Species Pteraster solitarius Djakonov, 1958 Species Pteraster spinosissimus (Sladen, 1882) Species Pteraster stellifer Sladen, 1882 Species Pteraster temnochiton Fisher, 1910 Species Pteraster tesselatus Ives, 1888 Species Pteraster tetracanthus H.L. Clark, 1916 Species Pteraster texius Golotsvan, 1998 Species Pteraster trigonodon Fisher, 1910 Species Pteraster uragensis Hayashi, 1940 Species Pteraster willsi Clark & Jewett, 2011 Species Pteraster danae Verrill, 1869 accepted as Pteraster stellifer Sladen, 1882 (nomen dubium) Species Pteraster inermis Perrier, 1888 (nomen nudum, Undescribed) Species Pteraster trigonodon Domantay, 1969 (nomen nudum, Undescribed, figure poor, ID doubtful) Subgenus Pteraster (Apterodon) Fisher, 1940 represented as Pteraster Müller & Troschel, 1842 (alternate representation)    » Species Pteraster (Apterodon) acicula (Downey, 1970) represented as Pteraster acicula (Downey, 1970) (alternate representation) » Species Pteraster (Apterodon) bathami Fell, 1958 represented as Pteraster bathami Fell, 1958 (alternate representation) » Species Pteraster (Apterodon) coscinopeplus Fisher, 1910 represented as Pteraster coscinopeplus Fisher, 1910 (alternate representation) » Species Pteraster (Apterodon) fornicatus Mortensen, 1933 represented as Pteraster fornicatus Mortensen, 1933 (alternate representation) » Species Pteraster (Apterodon) hystrix Harvey, 1989 represented as Pteraster hystrix Harvey, 1989 (alternate representation) » Species Pteraster (Apterodon) obesus H.L. Clark, 1908 represented as Pteraster obesus H.L. Clark, 1908 (alternate representation) » Species Pteraster (Apterodon) reticulatus Fisher, 1906 represented as Pteraster reticulatus Fisher, 1906 (alternate representation) » Species Pteraster (Apterodon) rugosus H.L. Clark, 1941 represented as Pteraster rugosus H.L. Clark, 1941 (alternate representation) » Species Pteraster (Apterodon) stellifer Sladen, 1882 represented as Pteraster stellifer Sladen, 1882 (alternate representation) » Species Pteraster (Apterodon) tetracanthus H.L. Clark, 1916 represented as Pteraster tetracanthus H.L. Clark, 1916 (alternate representation) Subgenus Pteraster (Retaster) Perrier, 1878 represented as Pteraster Müller & Troschel, 1842 (alternate representation)    » Species Pteraster (Retaster) capensis Gray, 1847 represented as Pteraster capensis Gray, 1847 (alternate representation) » Species Pteraster (Retaster) corynetes Fisher, 1916 represented as Pteraster corynetes Fisher, 1916 (alternate representation) » Species Pteraster (Retaster) diaphanus (Ludwig, 1905) represented as Pteraster diaphanus (Ludwig, 1905) (alternate representation) » Species Pteraster (Retaster) gibber Sladen, 1882 represented as Pteraster gibber (Sladen, 1882) (alternate representation) » Species Pteraster (Retaster) gracilis H.L. Clark, 1901 represented as Pteraster gracilis H.L. Clark, 1901 accepted as Pteraster tesselatus Ives, 1888 (alternate representation) » Species Pteraster (Retaster) multiporus H.L. Clark, 1908 represented as Pteraster multiporus H.L. Clark, 1908 (alternate representation) » Species Pteraster (Retaster) obscurus (Perrier, 1891) represented as Pteraster obscurus (Perrier, 1891) (alternate representation) » Species Pteraster (Retaster) pulvillus M. Sars, 1861 represented as Pteraster pulvillus (M. Sars, 1861) (alternate representation) » Species Pteraster (Retaster) temnochiton Fisher, 1910 represented as Pteraster temnochiton Fisher, 1910 (alternate representation) Subgenus Pteraster (Temnaster) Verrill, 1894 accepted as Pteraster Müller & Troschel, 1842    » Species Pteraster (Temnaster) hexactis Verrill, 1894 accepted as Pteraster obscurus (Perrier, 1891) Species Pteraster aculeatus Koehler, 1920 accepted as Pteraster affinis Smith, 1876 Species Pteraster affinis A.M. Clark, 1952 accepted as Pteraster flabellifer Mortensen, 1933 Species Pteraster alveolatus Cherbonnier & Sibuet, 1973 accepted as Pteraster abyssorum (Verrill, 1895) Species Pteraster aporus Ludwig, 1886 accepted as Pteraster militaris (O.F. Müller, 1776) Species Pteraster argentinus Bernasconi, 1935 accepted as Pteraster affinis lebruni Perrier, 1891 Species Pteraster brachiatus Koehler, 1917 accepted as Pteraster affinis Smith, 1876 Species Pteraster caribbaeus Verrill, 1915 accepted as Pteraster militarioides H.L. Clark, 1941 Species Pteraster cribrosus von Martens, 1867 accepted as Euretaster cribrosus (von Martens, 1867) Species Pteraster gibber A.M. Clark, 1952 accepted as Pteraster capensis Gray, 1847 Species Pteraster glomus Hayashi, 1940 accepted as Pteraster tesselatus glomus Hayashi, 1940 Species Pteraster gracilis H.L. Clark, 1901 accepted as Pteraster tesselatus Ives, 1888 Species Pteraster hebes Verrill, 1909 accepted as Pteraster tesselatus Ives, 1888 Species Pteraster hexactis Verrill, 1894 accepted as Pteraster obscurus (Perrier, 1891) Species Pteraster hunteri Koehler, 1920 accepted as Pteraster stellifer hunteri (Koehler, 1920) Species Pteraster hunteri Koehler, 1923 accepted as Pteraster stellifer stellifer Sladen, 1882 Species Pteraster inflatus Hutton, 1872 accepted as Stegnaster inflatus (Hutton, 1872) Species Pteraster ingouffi Perrier, 1891 accepted as Diplopteraster verrucosus (Sladen, 1882) Species Pteraster japonicus Uchida, 1931 accepted as Pteraster tesselatus Ives, 1888 Species Pteraster lebruni Perrier, 1891 accepted as Pteraster affinis Smith, 1876 Species Pteraster marplatensis Bernasconi, 1935 accepted as Pteraster affinis Smith, 1876 Species Pteraster multipes M. Sars, 1866 accepted as Diplopteraster multipes (M. Sars, 1866) Species Pteraster multispinus H.L. Clark, 1901 accepted as Pteraster tesselatus Ives, 1888 Species Pteraster myonotus Fisher, 1916 accepted as Pteraster obesus myonotus Fisher, 1916 Species Pteraster ornatus Smirnov, 1982 accepted as Pteraster obscurus ornatus Smirnov, 1982 Species Pteraster reductus Koehler, 1907 accepted as Pteraster personatus Sladen, 1891 Species Pteraster reticulatus Verrill, 1909 accepted as Pteraster tesselatus Ives, 1888 Species Pteraster semireticulatus Sladen, 1882 accepted as Diplopteraster semireticulatus (Sladen, 1882) Species Pteraster sordidus Perrier, 1894 accepted as Pteraster personatus Sladen, 1891 Species Pteraster stoibe H.L. Clark, 1941 accepted as Pteraster militarioides stoibe H.L. Clark, 1941 Species Pteraster tenuissimus (Bernasconi, 1966) accepted as Calyptraster tenuissimus Bernasconi, 1966
Environment		marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range		recent only
Distribution		Arctic Ocean [details] South Africa (country) [details] Southern Ocean [details]
Links		To GenBank To ITIS
Notes		Habitat: Known from seamounts and knolls [details] Status: The status of the subgenera proposed by Fisher (1940) needs reassessment. A.M. Clark (1989: 205) treats the absence of webbing on the oral spines as of supraspecific weight but Downey (1992) does not agree and treats Pteraster stoibe H.L. Clark (1941) without webbing, as a subspecies of P. militaroides, which does have webs linking the oral spines of each plate. Downey notes that the absence of webbing in the holotype of stoibe might be an artefact of preservation but in other species of Apterodon, this appears to be the natural condition. As a compromise, rather then segregate the species listed as Pteraster (Retaster) and Pteraster (Apterodon) by Fisher (1940) or subsequently referred to these subgenera, all are included under the heading of Pteraster. [details]
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:123335
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2004-12-21 15:54:05Z   created   Hansson, Hans 2008-01-19 09:31:50Z   changed   Mah, Christopher 2008-10-25 03:22:57Z   changed   Mah, Christopher
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		Citation: Mah, C.; Hansson, H. (2013). Pteraster Müller & Troschel, 1842. 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=123335 on 2013-05-23