WoRMS taxon details
Calliaster Gray, 1840
Astrothauma Fisher, 1913 · unaccepted
Mabahissaster Macan, 1938 · unaccepted (synonym according to Mah (2018))
- Species Calliaster acanthodes H.L. Clark, 1923
- Species Calliaster baccatus Sladen, 1889
- Species Calliaster chaos Mah, 2018
- Species Calliaster childreni Gray, 1840
- Species Calliaster corynetes Fisher, 1913
- Species Calliaster elegans Döderlein, 1922
- Species Calliaster erucaradiatus Livingstone, 1936
- Species Calliaster euphylacteum (Fisher, 1913)
- Species Calliaster mamillifer Alcock, 1893
- Species Calliaster pedicellaris Fisher, 1906
- Species Calliaster quadrispinus Liao, 1989
- Species Calliaster regenerator Döderlein, 1922
- Species Calliaster sarahae Mah, 2018
- Species Calliaster spinosus H.L. Clark, 1916
- Species Calliaster thompsonae H.E.S. Clark, 2001
- Species Calliaster wanganellensis (H.E.S. Clark, 1982)
- Species Calliaster zengi (Macan, 1938)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Gray, J.E. (1840). XXXII. A synopsis of the genera and species of the class Hypostoma (<i>Asterias</i>, Linnaeus). <em>Annals of the Magazine of Natural History.</em> 6: 275-290., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2336044#page/309/mode/1up
page(s): 280 [details]
page(s): 280 [details]
Mah, C.L. (2025). World Asteroidea Database. Calliaster Gray, 1840. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=205380 on 2025-05-17
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Nomenclature
original description
Gray, J.E. (1840). XXXII. A synopsis of the genera and species of the class Hypostoma (<i>Asterias</i>, Linnaeus). <em>Annals of the Magazine of Natural History.</em> 6: 275-290., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2336044#page/309/mode/1up
page(s): 280 [details]
original description (of Astrothauma Fisher, 1913) Fisher, W.K. (1913). Four new genera and fifty-eight new species of starfishes from the Philippine Islands, Celebes, and the Moluccas. Proceedings of the US National Museum, 43: 599-648., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7723469#page/705/mode/1up
page(s): 645 [details]
original description (of Mabahissaster Macan, 1938) Macan, T.T. (1938). Asteroidea. Scientific Reports, John Murray Expedition 1933-1934, 4(9): 323-435, plates 1-6., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49518843 [details]
basis of record 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]
page(s): 280 [details]
original description (of Astrothauma Fisher, 1913) Fisher, W.K. (1913). Four new genera and fifty-eight new species of starfishes from the Philippine Islands, Celebes, and the Moluccas. Proceedings of the US National Museum, 43: 599-648., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7723469#page/705/mode/1up
page(s): 645 [details]
original description (of Mabahissaster Macan, 1938) Macan, T.T. (1938). Asteroidea. Scientific Reports, John Murray Expedition 1933-1934, 4(9): 323-435, plates 1-6., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49518843 [details]
basis of record 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]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Remark Type species: Calliaster childreni Gray, 1840 by monotypy (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]
