Odontaster penicillatus (Philippi, 1870) 
AphiaID: 177924

Classification: Biota > Animalia > Echinodermata > Asterozoa > Asteroidea > Valvatacea > Valvatida > Odontasteridae > Odontaster

Status		accepted
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank		Species
Parent		Odontaster Verrill, 1880
Synonymised taxa		Asterodon pedicellaris Perrier, 1891 Calliderma grayi Bell, 1881 (A forma according to Fisher (1940)) Gnathaster grayi (Bell, 1881) (A forma of O. penicillatus according to Fisher (1940)) Gnathaster pedicellaris (Perrier, 1891) (A synonym according to Fisher (1940)) Gnathaster penicillatus Koehler, 1920 Gnathaster pilulatus Sladen, 1889 Goniodiscus penicillatus Philippi, 1870 Odontaster belli (Studer, 1884) (Synonym of O. penicillatus according to Madsen (1956)) Odontaster grayi Bell, 1893 (synonym according to Fisher (1940)) Odontaster meridionalis Leipoldt, 1895 (non O. meridionalis=O. penicillatus according to Fisher (1940) and Madsen (1956)) Odontaster pedicellaris (Perrier, 1891) (A synonym according to Fisher (1940)) Pentagonaster belli Studer, 1884 (Synonym according to Madsen (1956)) Pentagonaster paxillosus Bell, 1881 (synonym according to Fisher (1940)) Peridontaster grayi Koehler, 1920 (A forma according to Fisher (1940))
Sources		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] from synonym: Danis B & Jangoux M, 2006. The SCAR-MarBIN Register of Antarctic Marine Species: Asteroidea. World Wide Web electronic publication., available online at http://www.scarmarbin.be [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Clark AM. An index of names of recent Asteroidea. In: Jangoux, M.; Lawrence, J.M. (Ed.) Echinoderm Studies, volumes 2-6 . Balkema: Rotterdam, The Netherlands. [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: Koehler, R. (1920). Echinodermata: Asteroidea. Scientific Reports of the Australiasian Antarctic Expedition C8: 1-308.  [details] [view taxon] context source: Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
Environment		marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range		recent only
Distribution		Falkland Islands [details] Magellan Strait [details] South Chile [details] Subantarctic Isles [details] Tierra del Fuego [details] Uruguay [details]
Links		To Antarctic Invertebrates To Barcode of Life To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To GenBank (31 nucleotides; 15 proteins) To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:177924
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2005-07-28 06:51:10Z   created   Braeckman, Ulrike 2008-06-11 12:57:51Z   checked   Danis, Bruno 2008-12-08 02:38:14Z   changed   Mah, Christopher
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		Citation: Mah, C.; Danis, B. (2013). Odontaster penicillatus (Philippi, 1870). 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=177924 on 2013-05-22