Canadian Register of Marine Species - Cosmasterias Sladen, 1889

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Cosmasterias Sladen, 1889

AphiaID

172541 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:172541)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Stichasteridae Perrier, 1885

Direct children (3)

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Species Cosmasterias dyscrita H.L. Clark, 1916
Species Cosmasterias felipes (Sladen, 1889)
Species Cosmasterias lurida (Philippi, 1858)

Environment

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

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 (part 51): xlii + 893 pages, 118 plates., available online at http://www.19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-51/README.htm [details]

Taxonomic citation

Mah, C.L. (2021). World Asteroidea Database. Cosmasterias Sladen, 1889. Accessed through: Marine Species Traits editorial board (2021) Marine Species Traits at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=172541 on 2025-05-08

Thematic species database citation

Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025). Marine Species Traits. Cosmasterias Sladen, 1889. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=172541 on 2025-05-08

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-07-12 13:53:46Z

created

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2006-07-31 06:57:06Z

changed

Camba Reu, Cibran

2008-06-11 12:57:51Z

checked

Danis, Bruno

2011-06-27 21:58:12Z

changed

Mah, Christopher

2019-07-01 06:40:03Z

changed

Mah, Christopher

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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 (part 51): xlii + 893 pages, 118 plates., available online at http://www.19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-51/README.htm [details]

basis of record Clarke, Andrew; Johnston, Nadine M. (2003). Antarctic marine benthic diversity. Oceanography and Marine Biology: an Annual Review. 41: 47-114. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors

additional source Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. [Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone]. , available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [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

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To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Cosmasterias)
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