The World Asteroidea Database - Odontaster Verrill, 1880

RAMS taxon details

Odontaster Verrill, 1880

Neobuccinum+Odontaster feeding

AphiaID

123310 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:123310)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Odontasteridae Verrill, 1899

Synonymised names

Asterodon Perrier, 1891 · unaccepted (synonym)

Epidontaster Koehler, 1920 · unaccepted (synonym according to Fisher (1940))

Gnathaster Sladen, 1889 · unaccepted (A synonym of Odontaster Verrill...)

A synonym of Odontaster Verrill 1880 ccording to Fisher (1911)

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Species Odontaster aucklandensis McKnight, 1973
Species Odontaster benhami (Mortensen, 1925)
Species Odontaster meridionalis (E. A. Smith, 1876)
Species Odontaster pearsei Janosik & Halanych, 2010
Species Odontaster penicillatus (Philippi, 1870)
Species Odontaster roseus Janosik & Halanych, 2010
Species Odontaster validus Koehler, 1906
Species Odontaster capitatus Koehler, 1912 accepted as Acodontaster elongatus f. capitatus (Koehler, 1912) accepted as Acodontaster capitatus (Koehler, 1912)
Species Odontaster cremeus Ludwig, 1903 accepted as Acodontaster elongatus (Sladen, 1889) (synonym according to Fisher (1940))
Species Odontaster elegans Koehler, 1912 accepted as Odontaster meridionalis (E. A. Smith, 1876) (A synonym according to Fisher (1940))
Species Odontaster glaber Barattini, 1938 accepted as Acodontaster elongatus granuliferus (Koehler, 1912) (A synonym according to Fisher (1940))
Species Odontaster granuliferus Koehler, 1912 accepted as Acodontaster elongatus granuliferus (Koehler, 1912)
Species Odontaster propinquus A.H. Clark, 1917 accepted as Acodontaster elongatus granuliferus (Koehler, 1912) (A synonym according to Fisher (1940))
Species Odontaster singularis (Müller & Troschel, 1843) accepted as Diplodontias singularis (Müller & Troschel, 1843)
Species Odontaster pusillus Koehler, 1907 (uncertain > nomen dubium, Holotype immature, identiy uncertain according to Koehler (1920))

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Original description

Verrill, A. E. (1880). Notice of the remarkable marine fauna occupying the outer banks off the southern coast of New England. American Journal of Science. 3(20): 390-403., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38973336
page(s): 402 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Mah, C.L. (2021). World Asteroidea Database. Odontaster Verrill, 1880. Accessed through: De Broyer, C.; Clarke, A.; Koubbi, P.; Pakhomov, E.; Scott, F.; Vanden Berghe, E. and Danis, B. (Eds.) (2021) Register of Antarctic Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/rams/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=123310 on 2025-05-03

Regional species database citation

De Broyer, C.; Clarke, A.; Koubbi, P.; Pakhomov, E.; Scott, F.; Vanden Berghe, E. and Danis, B. (Eds.) (2025). Register of Antarctic Marine Species. Odontaster Verrill, 1880. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/rams/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=123310 on 2025-05-03

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Hansson, Hans

2007-12-22 16:14:03Z

changed

Mah, Christopher

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original description Verrill, A. E. (1880). Notice of the remarkable marine fauna occupying the outer banks off the southern coast of New England. American Journal of Science. 3(20): 390-403., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38973336
page(s): 402 [details]

original description (of Gnathaster Sladen, 1889) 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 (part 51): xlii + 893 pages, 118 plates., available online at http://www.19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-51/README.htm
page(s): 285 [details]

original description (of Asterodon Perrier, 1891) Perrier, E. (1891). Echinoderma I. Stellérides. Mission Scientifique du Cap Horn, 1882-83. 6.Zoologie (3), Paris. 1-198 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34621706
page(s): K.129 [details]

original description (of Epidontaster Koehler, 1920) Koehler, R. (1920). Echinodermata: Asteroidea. Scientific Reports of the Australiasian Antarctic Expedition C8: 1-308. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/162113
page(s): 195 [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 Clark, A. M.; Downey, M. E. (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 Rowe, F. W. E.; Gates, J. (1995). Echinodermata. In: Wells, A.; Houston, W.W.K. (Ed.) Zoological catalogue of Australia, 33. CSIRO: Melbourne. ISBN 0-643-05696-3. XIII. 510 pp. [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Definitions

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To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Asterodon) (from synonym Asterodon Perrier, 1891)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Odontaster)
To Genbank (from synonym Asterodon Perrier, 1891)
To Genbank (from synonym Asterodon Perrier, 1891)
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From editor or global species database

Neobuccinum+Odontaster feeding

Odontaster + Phyllophora