NARMS taxon details
Culcita Agassiz, 1836
Goniodiscus Müller & Troschel, 1842 · unaccepted (Formal designation of type...)
Formal designation of type species G. sebae falls in syn. of C. novaeguineae. This disposes of the name Goniodiscus by synonymy. However many of the species names are referable to Goniasteridae and/or Oreasteridae
- Species Culcita borealis Süssbach & Breckner, 1911 accepted as Culcitopsis borealis (Süssbach & Breckner, 1911) (synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Agassiz, L. (1836). Prodrome d'une Monographie des Radiaires ou Echinodermes. <em>Mémoires de la Société des Sciences naturelles de Neuchâtel.</em> 1, 168-199., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10596479
page(s): 192 [details]
page(s): 192 [details]
Mah, C.L. (2025). World Asteroidea Database. Culcita Agassiz, 1836. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: https://marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=204844 on 2025-05-16
Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025). European Register of Marine Species. Culcita Agassiz, 1836. Accessed at: https://vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=204844 on 2025-05-16
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2000-09-26 07:19:20Z
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Garcia, Maria
2006-07-31 06:57:06Z
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Camba Reu, Cibran
original description
Agassiz, L. (1836). Prodrome d'une Monographie des Radiaires ou Echinodermes. <em>Mémoires de la Société des Sciences naturelles de Neuchâtel.</em> 1, 168-199., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10596479
page(s): 192 [details]
original description (of Goniodiscus 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): 57 [details]
basis of record Jangoux, M. (1973). Les Astéries de lIle Inhaca (Mozambique)(Echinodermata, Asteroidea). I. les espèces récoltées et leur répartition géographique. KMMA Annalen Serie IN-8o. [The asteroids of lIle Inhaca (Mozambique) (Echinodermata, Asteroidea). I. The species collected and their geographical distribution. KMMA Annals Series IN-8º]. <em>Zoologische Wetenschappen.</em> 208:1-50. [details]
additional source Kano, Y.T., M. Komatsu and C. Oguro. 1991. Morphological changes of the cushion star, <i>Culcita novaeguineae</i> Mueller and Troschel, during growth pp. 323-326 in Biology of Echinodermata, ed. by Yanagisawa, Yasumasu, Oguro, Suzuki and Motokawa. A.A. Balkema, Rotterdam. [details]
additional source Livingstone, A.A. (1932). Notes on some representatives of the asteroid genus <i>Culcita</i>. Australian Zoologist 7(3): 265-273. [details]
additional source Clark, A. M. (1993). An index of names of recent Asteroidea, part 2: Valvatida. <em>In: Jangoux, M.; Lawrence, J.M. (Ed.) (1996). Echinoderm Studies.</em> 4: 187-366. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source 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]
additional source Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. <em>[Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].</em> , available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]
page(s): 192 [details]
original description (of Goniodiscus 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): 57 [details]
basis of record Jangoux, M. (1973). Les Astéries de lIle Inhaca (Mozambique)(Echinodermata, Asteroidea). I. les espèces récoltées et leur répartition géographique. KMMA Annalen Serie IN-8o. [The asteroids of lIle Inhaca (Mozambique) (Echinodermata, Asteroidea). I. The species collected and their geographical distribution. KMMA Annals Series IN-8º]. <em>Zoologische Wetenschappen.</em> 208:1-50. [details]
additional source Kano, Y.T., M. Komatsu and C. Oguro. 1991. Morphological changes of the cushion star, <i>Culcita novaeguineae</i> Mueller and Troschel, during growth pp. 323-326 in Biology of Echinodermata, ed. by Yanagisawa, Yasumasu, Oguro, Suzuki and Motokawa. A.A. Balkema, Rotterdam. [details]
additional source Livingstone, A.A. (1932). Notes on some representatives of the asteroid genus <i>Culcita</i>. Australian Zoologist 7(3): 265-273. [details]
additional source Clark, A. M. (1993). An index of names of recent Asteroidea, part 2: Valvatida. <em>In: Jangoux, M.; Lawrence, J.M. (Ed.) (1996). Echinoderm Studies.</em> 4: 187-366. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source 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]
additional source Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. <em>[Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].</em> , available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Synonymy Culcita borealis is in the synonymy of Chondraster (in part) and Poraniomorpha (Culcitopsis) borealis. [details]
