WoRMS taxon details
Circeaster Koehler, 1909
178090 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:178090)
accepted
Genus
Circeaster marcelli Koehler, 1909 (type by subsequent designation)
- Species Circeaster abyssalis Mah, 2024
- Species Circeaster americanus (A.H. Clark, 1916)
- Species Circeaster dux Mah, 2024
- Species Circeaster helenae Mah, 2006
- Species Circeaster kristinae Mah, 2006
- Species Circeaster loisetteae Mah, 2006
- Species Circeaster magdalenae Koehler, 1909
- Species Circeaster marcelli Koehler, 1909
- Species Circeaster pullus Mah, 2006
- Species Circeaster sandrae Mah, 2006
- Species Circeaster arandae Mah, 2006 accepted as Atheraster arandae (Mah, 2006)
- Species Circeaster occidentalis H.L. Clark, 1941 accepted as Circeaster americanus (A.H. Clark, 1916) (Synonym according to Halpern (1970))
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Koehler, R. (1909). Astéries recueillies par l'Investigator dans l'océan indien. I.Les Asteries de Mer Profonde. <em>Echinoderma of the Indian Museum.</em> 5: 1-143 pp., 13 plates., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12034817
page(s): 83 [details]
page(s): 83 [details]
Mah, C.L. (2025). World Asteroidea Database. Circeaster Koehler, 1909. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=178090 on 2025-05-15
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Nomenclature
original description
Koehler, R. (1909). Astéries recueillies par l'Investigator dans l'océan indien. I.Les Asteries de Mer Profonde. <em>Echinoderma of the Indian Museum.</em> 5: 1-143 pp., 13 plates., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12034817
page(s): 83 [details]
basis of record 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]
page(s): 83 [details]
basis of record 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]
Other
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 Mah, C.L. (2006). Phylogenetic analysis and biogeography of the deep-sea goniasterid, <i>Circeaster</i> (Echinodermata: Asteroidea) including descriptions of six new species. Zoosystema. 28(4): 917-954., available online at http://web.archive.org/web/20120905182856/http://www.mnhn.fr/museum/front/medias/publication/9248_z06n4a5.pdf [details]
additional source Clark, A. H. (1916). A new starfish (Lydiaster americanus) from the Gulf of Mexico. <em>Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences.</em> 6: 141-144., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2005737 [details]
additional source Mah, C.L. (2006). Phylogenetic analysis and biogeography of the deep-sea goniasterid, <i>Circeaster</i> (Echinodermata: Asteroidea) including descriptions of six new species. Zoosystema. 28(4): 917-954., available online at http://web.archive.org/web/20120905182856/http://www.mnhn.fr/museum/front/medias/publication/9248_z06n4a5.pdf [details]
additional source Clark, A. H. (1916). A new starfish (Lydiaster americanus) from the Gulf of Mexico. <em>Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences.</em> 6: 141-144., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2005737 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
