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Asteroidea taxon details

Retaster Perrier, 1878 
AphiaID: 146088

Classification: Biota > Animalia > Echinodermata > Asterozoa > Asteroidea > Velatida > Pterasteridae
Status unaccepted unaccepted (Subgenus according to Fisher (1940).)
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Accepted name  Pteraster Müller & Troschel, 1842
Rank Genus
Parent Pterasteridae Perrier, 1875
Sources  original description: 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]

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: Simpson J.J. & R.N.R. Brown (1910). Asteroidea of Portugese East Africa. Proc. R. phys. Soc. Edinburgh 18: 45-60. [details]

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Species Retaster capensis Sladen, 1889 accepted as Pteraster capensis Gray, 1847
Species Retaster cribrosus Sladen, 1889 accepted as Euretaster cribrosus (von Martens, 1867)
Species Retaster diaphanus Ludwig, 1905 accepted as Pteraster diaphanus (Ludwig, 1905)
Species Retaster gibber Sladen, 1889 accepted as Pteraster gibber (Sladen, 1882)
Species Retaster gracilis H.L. Clark, 1901 accepted as Pteraster gracilis H.L. Clark, 1901 accepted as Pteraster tesselatus Ives, 1888
Species Retaster insignis Sladen, 1882 accepted as Euretaster insignis (Sladen, 1882)
Species Retaster multipes Sladen, 1889 accepted as Diplopteraster multipes (M. Sars, 1866)
Species Retaster peregrinator Sladen, 1882 accepted as Diplopteraster peregrinator (Sladen, 1882)
Species Retaster verrucosus Sladen, 1882 accepted as Diplopteraster verrucosus (Sladen, 1882)
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
Link To ITIS
Note  Validity: A subgenus of Pteraster according to Fisher (1940) but not recognized by Downey in Clark & Downey (1992). [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:146088
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Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  Hansson, Hans
2009-01-20 18:13:59Z  changed  Mah, Christopher
  
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  Citation: Mah, C.; Hansson, H. (2013). Retaster Perrier, 1878. 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=146088 on 2013-05-26
  
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