The World Asteroidea Database - Hippasterinae Verrill, 1899

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Hippasterinae Verrill, 1899

AphiaID

292827 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:292827)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Subfamily

Parent

Goniasteridae Forbes, 1841

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Genus Evoplosoma Fisher, 1906
Genus Gilbertaster Fisher, 1906
Genus Hippasteria Gray, 1840
Genus Sthenaster Mah, Nizinski & Lundsten, 2010
Genus Cryptopeltaster Fisher, 1905 accepted as Hippasteria Gray, 1840 (Synonym according to Mah et al. (2014))

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Original description

Verrill, A. E. (1899). Revision of certain genera and species of starfishes, with descriptions of new forms. <em>Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences.</em> 10(1): 145-234., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13456950#page/175/mode/1up
page(s): 174 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Mah, C.L. (2025). World Asteroidea Database. Hippasterinae Verrill, 1899. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=292827 on 2025-05-12

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2008-01-26 04:29:56Z

created

Mah, Christopher

2014-06-11 21:15:11Z

changed

Mah, Christopher

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Nomenclature

original description Verrill, A. E. (1899). Revision of certain genera and species of starfishes, with descriptions of new forms. <em>Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences.</em> 10(1): 145-234., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13456950#page/175/mode/1up
page(s): 174 [details]

Identification resource

identification resource Mah, C.L., M. Nizinski, L. Lundsten. (2010) Phylogenetic Revision of the Hippasterinae (Goniasteridae; Asteroidea): Systematics of Deep Sea Corallivores, including one new genus and three new species. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 160: 266-301, 11 figs., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.2010.00638.x [details]

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