Asteroidea taxon details
Cosmasterias Sladen, 1889 AphiaID: 172541
| Status | | accepted |
Record
status | | Checked by Taxonomic Editor |
| Rank | | Genus |
| Parent | | Stichasteridae |
Synonymised
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Quadraster Perrier, 1896 (Synonym according ot Fisher (1923))
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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: Clarke, A.; Johnston, N.M. (2003). Antarctic marine benthic diversity. Oceanogr. Mar. Biol. Ann. Rev. 41: 47-114 (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]
basis of record: Rowe, F.W.E & Gates, J. (1995). Echinodermata. In ‘Zoological Catalogue of Australia’. 33 (Ed A. Wells.) pp xiii + 510 (CSIRO Australia, Melbourne.) [details]
additional source: Nomenclator Zoologicus, available online at http://uio.mbl.edu/NomenclatorZoologicus/ [details]
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[show all] | | Species Cosmasterias dyscrita H.L. Clark, 1916
Species Cosmasterias felipes (Sladen, 1889)
Species Cosmasterias lurida (Philippi, 1858)
Species Cosmasterias alba (Bell, 1891) (nomen dubium)
Species Cosmasterias capensis Fisher, 1926 accepted as Allostichaster capensis (Perrier, 1875)
Species Cosmasterias capensis Fisher, 1930 accepted as Cosmasterias felipes (Sladen, 1889)
Species Cosmasterias fernandensis Verrill, 1914 accepted as Astrostole platei (Meissner, 1896)
Species Cosmasterias germani (Philippi, 1858) accepted as Cosmasterias lurida (Philippi, 1858)
Species Cosmasterias obtusispinosa Fisher, 1940 accepted as Cosmasterias lurida (Philippi, 1858)
Species Cosmasterias polygramma (Sladen, 1889) accepted as Cosmasterias lurida (Philippi, 1858)
Species Cosmasterias radiata Koehler, 1923 accepted as Diplasterias radiata (Koehler, 1923)
Species Cosmasterias sulcifera Leipoldt, 1895 accepted as Cosmasterias lurida (Philippi, 1858)
Species Cosmasterias tomidata Leipoldt, 1895 accepted as Cosmasterias lurida (Philippi, 1858)
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| Notes | |
Habitat: Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
Remark: Type species: Asteracanthion sulcifer Valenciennes, 1869 (=Asteracanthion luridum Philippi, 1858) by subsequent designation (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]
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| LSID | | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:172541 |
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| | | Citation: Mah, C.; Danis, B. (2013). Cosmasterias Sladen, 1889. 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=172541 on 2013-05-20 |
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