The World Asteroidea Database - Pisaster Müller & Troschel, 1840

Asteroidea taxon details

Pisaster Müller & Troschel, 1840

AphiaID

240754 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:240754)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Asteriidae Gray, 1840

Synonymised names

Calliasterias Fewkes, 1889 · unaccepted

Direct children (11)

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Species Pisaster brevispinus (Stimpson, 1857)
Species Pisaster giganteus (Stimpson, 1857)
Species Pisaster ochraceus (Brandt, 1835)
Species Pisaster antarcticus Koehler, 1917 accepted as Anasterias perrieri (E. A. Smith, 1876) (Synonym according to A.M. Clark (1962))
Species Pisaster capitatus (Stimpson, 1862) accepted as Pisaster giganteus (Stimpson, 1857)
Species Pisaster confertus (Stimpson, 1862) accepted as Pisaster ochraceus (Brandt, 1835)
Species Pisaster fissispinus (Stimpson, 1862) accepted as Pisaster ochraceus (Brandt, 1835) (Synonym according to Fisher (1926, 1930))
Species Pisaster grayi Verrill, 1914 accepted as Leptasterias (Hexasterias) polaris (Müller & Troschel, 1842) (Synonym according to Fisher (1930))
Species Pisaster luetkeni (Stimpson, 1862) accepted as Pisaster giganteus (Stimpson, 1857)
Species Pisaster papulosus (Verrill, 1909) accepted as Pisaster brevispinus (Stimpson, 1857) (Synonym according to Fisher (1926, 1930))
Species Pisaster paucispinus (Stimpson, 1862) accepted as Pisaster brevispinus (Stimpson, 1857)

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Müller, J.; Troschel, F. H. (1840). Fortgesetzte Bemerkungen uber die Gattungen der Asteriden. Archiv für Naturgeschichte. 6(1): 367-368., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7203234
page(s): 368 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Mah, C.L. (2025). World Asteroidea Database. Pisaster Müller & Troschel, 1840. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Asteroidea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=240754 on 2025-05-04

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2007-06-03 15:46:28Z

created

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2008-12-29 07:51:57Z

changed

Mah, Christopher

2017-06-12 16:47:50Z

changed

Mah, Christopher

2017-06-19 02:55:32Z

changed

Mah, Christopher

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original description Müller, J.; Troschel, F. H. (1840). Fortgesetzte Bemerkungen uber die Gattungen der Asteriden. Archiv für Naturgeschichte. 6(1): 367-368., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7203234
page(s): 368 [details]

original description (of Calliasterias Fewkes, 1889) Fewkes, J. W. (1889). New invertebrata from the coast of California. Bulletin of the Essex Institute, Salem. 21(7,8,9): 99-146, plates 1-7., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11711150
page(s): 33 [details]

basis of record Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]

additional source Fisher, W.K. (1926). Pisaster, a genus of sea-stars. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 9(17): 560-561, pl.20, fig.3. [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

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