WoRMS taxon details
Peltaster placenta (Müller & Troschel, 1842)
124055 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:124055)
accepted
Species
Anthenea acuta (Perrier, 1869) · unaccepted (Homonym of H. acutus according to...)
Homonym of H. acutus according to A.M. Clark (1993)
Ceramaster placenta (Müller & Troschel, 1842) · unaccepted
Goniaster acutus (Heller, 1863) · unaccepted (A synonym of Pentagonaster...)
A synonym of Pentagonaster (=Peltaster) placenta Muller & Troschel 1842 according to Lutken (1897)
Goniaster nidarosiensis Storm, 1881 · unaccepted (original designation)
Goniaster placenta (Müller & Troschel, 1842) · unaccepted
Goniaster placentaeformis (Heller, 1863) · unaccepted (A synonym according to Ludwig (1897))
Goniodiscus acutus Heller, 1863 · unaccepted (synonym according to Ludiwg (1897))
Goniodiscus placenta Müller & Troschel, 1842 · unaccepted (original combination)
Goniodiscus placentaeformis Heller, 1863 · unaccepted (synonym accoridng to Ludwig (1897))
Peltaster hebes Verrill, 1899 · unaccepted (synonym)
Peltaster nidarosiensis (Storm, 1881) · unaccepted (synonym according to Downey in...)
synonym according to Downey in Clark & Downey (1992)
Peltaster planus (Verrill, 1895) · unaccepted (Synonym according to Tortonese &...)
Synonym according to Tortonese & A.M. Clark (1956)
Pentagonaster acutus (Heller, 1863) · unaccepted (A synonym according to Ludwig (1897))
Pentagonaster minor Koehler, 1895 · unaccepted (Synonym according to Ludwig (1897))
Pentagonaster mirabilis Perrier, 1875 · unaccepted (synonym according to Ludwig (1897))
Pentagonaster nidarosiensis (Storm, 1881) · unaccepted
Pentagonaster planus Verrill, 1895 · unaccepted (synonym)
Pentagonaster vincenti Perrier, 1885 · unaccepted (Synonym according to Halpern...)
Synonym according to Halpern (1970-PhD Dissertation) and in Downey (1973)
Sphaeriodiscus placenta (Mueller & Troschel, 1842) · unaccepted (Subsequent combination by Fisher (1919))
Tosia mirabilis (Perrier, 1875) · unaccepted (A synonym according to Ludwig (1897))
Tosia placenta (Müller & Troschel, 1842) · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Goniodiscus placenta Müller & Troschel, 1842) Müller, J. and Troschel, F. H. (1842). System der Asteriden.1. Asteriae. 2. Ophiuridae. <em>Vieweg: Braunschweig.</em> xxx+134 pp. 12 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/44159
page(s): 59 [details]
page(s): 59 [details]
Mah, C.L. (2025). World Asteroidea Database. Peltaster placenta (Müller & Troschel, 1842). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=124055 on 2025-05-24
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Goniaster nidarosiensis Storm, 1881) Storm, Vilhelm. (1881). Bidrag til Kundskab om Throndhjemsfjordens Fauna, III. <em>Det Kongelige Norske Videnskabers Selskabs Skrifter.</em> 1881: 73-96., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16372206
page(s): 90 [details]
original description (of Goniodiscus acutus Heller, 1863) Heller, C. (1862). Untersuchungen über die Litoralfauna des adriatischen Meeres. <em>Sitzungsberichte der mathematisch-naturwissenschaftlichen Klasse der kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften.</em> 46: 415-448, 3 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/ia/sitzungsberichte46kais#page/485/mode/1up
page(s): 420 [details]
original description (of Goniodiscus placenta Müller & Troschel, 1842) Müller, J. and Troschel, F. H. (1842). System der Asteriden.1. Asteriae. 2. Ophiuridae. <em>Vieweg: Braunschweig.</em> xxx+134 pp. 12 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/44159
page(s): 59 [details]
original description (of Goniodiscus placentaeformis Heller, 1863) Heller, C. (1862). Untersuchungen über die Litoralfauna des adriatischen Meeres. <em>Sitzungsberichte der mathematisch-naturwissenschaftlichen Klasse der kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften.</em> 46: 415-448, 3 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/ia/sitzungsberichte46kais#page/485/mode/1up
page(s): 419 [details]
original description (of Peltaster hebes Verrill, 1899) 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): 169 [details]
original description (of Pentagonaster minor Koehler, 1895) Koehler, R. (1895). Dragages profonds executes a bord du Caudan dans le Golfe de Gascogne. Rapport préliminaire sur le Échinodermes. <em>Revue biologique du Nord de la France.</em> 7: 439-496., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10882462
page(s): 451 [details]
original description (of Pentagonaster minor Koehler, 1895) Koehler, R. (1896). Échinodermes. In: Koehler, R. (ed.): <em>Résultats scientifiques de la campagne du "Caudan" dans le Golfe de Gascogne — août-septembre 1895 —</em>. <em>Annales de l'Université de Lyon.</em> 26: 33-127, pls. I-IV., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42101705
page(s): 61; note: Also described as "sp. nov" [details]
original description (of Pentagonaster mirabilis Perrier, 1875) Perrier, E. (1875). Révision de la collection de stellérides du Museum d'Histoire naturelle de Paris. Paris, Reinwald. 384 p., available online at https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044107304818&view=1up&seq=338
page(s): 224 [details]
original description (of Pentagonaster mirabilis Perrier, 1875) Perrier, E. (1876). Revision des Stellerides du museum. <em>Archives de zoologie expérimentale et générale.</em> vol. 5: 1-104., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45528918
page(s): 40; note: Same publication as Perrier 1875 (book) but printed as journal article [details]
original description (of Pentagonaster planus Verrill, 1895) Verrill, A.E. (1895). Distribution of the echinoderms of north–eastern America. <em>American Journal of Science,.</em> 3(49): 127-141., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40168768
page(s): 135 [details]
original description (of Pentagonaster vincenti Perrier, 1885) Perrier, E. (1885). Premiére note Préliminaire des les Echinodermes, recueillis durant les campagnes de dragages sous-marines du Travailleur et du Talisman. <em>Annales des sciences naturelles, Zoologie.</em> 22(8): 1-72., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36373538
page(s): 34 [details]
original description (of Peltaster nidarosiensis (Storm, 1881)) Storm, Vilhelm. (1881). Bidrag til Kundskab om Throndhjemsfjordens Fauna, III. <em>Det Kongelige Norske Videnskabers Selskabs Skrifter.</em> 1881: 73-96., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16372206
page(s): 90 [details]
original description (of Pentagonaster nidarosiensis (Storm, 1881)) Storm, Vilhelm. (1881). Bidrag til Kundskab om Throndhjemsfjordens Fauna, III. <em>Det Kongelige Norske Videnskabers Selskabs Skrifter.</em> 1881: 73-96., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16372206
page(s): 90 [details]
basis of record Hansson, H.G. (2001). Echinodermata, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i>. 50: pp. 336-351. (look up in IMIS) [details]
page(s): 90 [details]
original description (of Goniodiscus acutus Heller, 1863) Heller, C. (1862). Untersuchungen über die Litoralfauna des adriatischen Meeres. <em>Sitzungsberichte der mathematisch-naturwissenschaftlichen Klasse der kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften.</em> 46: 415-448, 3 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/ia/sitzungsberichte46kais#page/485/mode/1up
page(s): 420 [details]
original description (of Goniodiscus placenta Müller & Troschel, 1842) Müller, J. and Troschel, F. H. (1842). System der Asteriden.1. Asteriae. 2. Ophiuridae. <em>Vieweg: Braunschweig.</em> xxx+134 pp. 12 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/44159
page(s): 59 [details]
original description (of Goniodiscus placentaeformis Heller, 1863) Heller, C. (1862). Untersuchungen über die Litoralfauna des adriatischen Meeres. <em>Sitzungsberichte der mathematisch-naturwissenschaftlichen Klasse der kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften.</em> 46: 415-448, 3 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/ia/sitzungsberichte46kais#page/485/mode/1up
page(s): 419 [details]
original description (of Peltaster hebes Verrill, 1899) 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): 169 [details]
original description (of Pentagonaster minor Koehler, 1895) Koehler, R. (1895). Dragages profonds executes a bord du Caudan dans le Golfe de Gascogne. Rapport préliminaire sur le Échinodermes. <em>Revue biologique du Nord de la France.</em> 7: 439-496., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10882462
page(s): 451 [details]
original description (of Pentagonaster minor Koehler, 1895) Koehler, R. (1896). Échinodermes. In: Koehler, R. (ed.): <em>Résultats scientifiques de la campagne du "Caudan" dans le Golfe de Gascogne — août-septembre 1895 —</em>. <em>Annales de l'Université de Lyon.</em> 26: 33-127, pls. I-IV., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42101705
page(s): 61; note: Also described as "sp. nov" [details]
original description (of Pentagonaster mirabilis Perrier, 1875) Perrier, E. (1875). Révision de la collection de stellérides du Museum d'Histoire naturelle de Paris. Paris, Reinwald. 384 p., available online at https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044107304818&view=1up&seq=338
page(s): 224 [details]
original description (of Pentagonaster mirabilis Perrier, 1875) Perrier, E. (1876). Revision des Stellerides du museum. <em>Archives de zoologie expérimentale et générale.</em> vol. 5: 1-104., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45528918
page(s): 40; note: Same publication as Perrier 1875 (book) but printed as journal article [details]
original description (of Pentagonaster planus Verrill, 1895) Verrill, A.E. (1895). Distribution of the echinoderms of north–eastern America. <em>American Journal of Science,.</em> 3(49): 127-141., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40168768
page(s): 135 [details]
original description (of Pentagonaster vincenti Perrier, 1885) Perrier, E. (1885). Premiére note Préliminaire des les Echinodermes, recueillis durant les campagnes de dragages sous-marines du Travailleur et du Talisman. <em>Annales des sciences naturelles, Zoologie.</em> 22(8): 1-72., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36373538
page(s): 34 [details]
original description (of Peltaster nidarosiensis (Storm, 1881)) Storm, Vilhelm. (1881). Bidrag til Kundskab om Throndhjemsfjordens Fauna, III. <em>Det Kongelige Norske Videnskabers Selskabs Skrifter.</em> 1881: 73-96., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16372206
page(s): 90 [details]
original description (of Pentagonaster nidarosiensis (Storm, 1881)) Storm, Vilhelm. (1881). Bidrag til Kundskab om Throndhjemsfjordens Fauna, III. <em>Det Kongelige Norske Videnskabers Selskabs Skrifter.</em> 1881: 73-96., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16372206
page(s): 90 [details]
basis of record Hansson, H.G. (2001). Echinodermata, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i>. 50: pp. 336-351. (look up in IMIS) [details]
Other
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
additional source Clark, A. M.; Downey, M. E. (1992). Starfishes of the Atlantic. <i>Chapman & Hall Identification Guides</i>, 3. Chapman & Hall. London, UK. ISBN 0-412-43280-3. xxvi, 794 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Halpern, J.A. (1970). Goniasteridae (Echinodermata: Asteroidea) of the Straits of Florida. Bulletin of Marine Science 20(1): 193-286, available online at http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/umrsmas/bullmar/1970/00000020/00000001/art00010?token=003b13d47e867232d45232b5f24246a5e3b6b635623763568263c7b3817 [details]
additional source Pawson, D. L., D. J. Vance, C. G. Messing, F. A. Solis-Marin & C. L. Mah. (2009). Echinodermata of the Gulf of Mexico. <em>Pp. 1177–1204 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota.</em> Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College S. [details]
additional source Hansson, H. G. (1998). NEAT (North East Atlantic Taxa): Scandinavian Echinodermata Check-List (Comp.). , available online at https://www.gu.se/sites/default/files/2020-10/NEAT%2AEchinodermata.pdf [details]
additional source Clark, A. M.; Downey, M. E. (1992). Starfishes of the Atlantic. <i>Chapman & Hall Identification Guides</i>, 3. Chapman & Hall. London, UK. ISBN 0-412-43280-3. xxvi, 794 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Halpern, J.A. (1970). Goniasteridae (Echinodermata: Asteroidea) of the Straits of Florida. Bulletin of Marine Science 20(1): 193-286, available online at http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/umrsmas/bullmar/1970/00000020/00000001/art00010?token=003b13d47e867232d45232b5f24246a5e3b6b635623763568263c7b3817 [details]
additional source Pawson, D. L., D. J. Vance, C. G. Messing, F. A. Solis-Marin & C. L. Mah. (2009). Echinodermata of the Gulf of Mexico. <em>Pp. 1177–1204 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota.</em> Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College S. [details]
additional source Hansson, H. G. (1998). NEAT (North East Atlantic Taxa): Scandinavian Echinodermata Check-List (Comp.). , available online at https://www.gu.se/sites/default/files/2020-10/NEAT%2AEchinodermata.pdf [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (4 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Pentagonaster vincenti Perrier, 1885)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Peltaster nidarosiensis (Storm, 1881))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Goniaster nidarosiensis Storm, 1881)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (20 publications) (from synonym Goniodiscus acutus Heller, 1863)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (22 publications) (from synonym Anthenea acuta (Perrier, 1869))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Pentagonaster nidarosiensis (Storm, 1881))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Pentagonaster planus Verrill, 1895)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Goniaster placentaeformis (Heller, 1863))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Pentagonaster mirabilis Perrier, 1875)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Peltaster planus (Verrill, 1895))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Goniodiscus placentaeformis Heller, 1863)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Peltaster hebes Verrill, 1899)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Pentagonaster minor Koehler, 1895)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Peltaster placenta)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Peltaster hebes USNM 18442 - dorsal) (from synonym Peltaster hebes Verrill, 1899)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Pentagonaster planus USNM 013362 - dorsal) (from synonym Pentagonaster planus Verrill, 1895)
To PESI (from synonym Pentagonaster vincenti Perrier, 1885)
To PESI (from synonym Pentagonaster mirabilis Perrier, 1875)
To PESI (from synonym Pentagonaster planus Verrill, 1895)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Pentagonaster minor Koehler, 1895)
To PESI (from synonym Peltaster hebes Verrill, 1899)
To PESI (from synonym Goniodiscus placentaeformis Heller, 1863)
To PESI (from synonym Goniodiscus acutus Heller, 1863)
To PESI (from synonym Goniodiscus placenta Müller & Troschel, 1842)
To PESI (from synonym Goniaster nidarosiensis Storm, 1881)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (2 records) (from synonym Anthenea acuta (Perrier, 1869))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (25 records)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (Holotype USNM 13362) (from synonym Pentagonaster planus Verrill, 1895)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (Holotype USNM 18442) (from synonym Peltaster hebes Verrill, 1899)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Pentagonaster vincenti Perrier, 1885)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Peltaster nidarosiensis (Storm, 1881))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Goniaster nidarosiensis Storm, 1881)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (20 publications) (from synonym Goniodiscus acutus Heller, 1863)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (22 publications) (from synonym Anthenea acuta (Perrier, 1869))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Pentagonaster nidarosiensis (Storm, 1881))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Pentagonaster planus Verrill, 1895)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Goniaster placentaeformis (Heller, 1863))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Pentagonaster mirabilis Perrier, 1875)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Peltaster planus (Verrill, 1895))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Goniodiscus placentaeformis Heller, 1863)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Peltaster hebes Verrill, 1899)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Pentagonaster minor Koehler, 1895)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Peltaster placenta)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Peltaster hebes USNM 18442 - dorsal) (from synonym Peltaster hebes Verrill, 1899)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Pentagonaster planus USNM 013362 - dorsal) (from synonym Pentagonaster planus Verrill, 1895)
To PESI (from synonym Pentagonaster vincenti Perrier, 1885)
To PESI (from synonym Pentagonaster mirabilis Perrier, 1875)
To PESI (from synonym Pentagonaster planus Verrill, 1895)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Pentagonaster minor Koehler, 1895)
To PESI (from synonym Peltaster hebes Verrill, 1899)
To PESI (from synonym Goniodiscus placentaeformis Heller, 1863)
To PESI (from synonym Goniodiscus acutus Heller, 1863)
To PESI (from synonym Goniodiscus placenta Müller & Troschel, 1842)
To PESI (from synonym Goniaster nidarosiensis Storm, 1881)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (2 records) (from synonym Anthenea acuta (Perrier, 1869))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (25 records)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (Holotype USNM 13362) (from synonym Pentagonaster planus Verrill, 1895)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (Holotype USNM 18442) (from synonym Peltaster hebes Verrill, 1899)
