World Register of Deep-Sea species - Johannaster Koehler, 1909

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Johannaster Koehler, 1909

AphiaID

368821 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:368821)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Goniasteridae Forbes, 1841

Direct children (2)

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Species Johannaster superbus Koehler, 1909
Species Johannaster giganteus Goto, 1914 accepted as Mariaster giganteus (Goto, 1914)

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

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): 7 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Mah, C.L. (2025). World Asteroidea Database. Johannaster Koehler, 1909. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=368821 on 2025-05-15

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2008-10-23 02:03:00Z

created

Mah, Christopher

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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): 7 [details]

Other

context source (Deepsea) Goto, S. (1914). A descriptive monograph of Japanese Asteroidea. 1. Journal of the College of Science, Imperial University of Tokyo 29: 1-808, plates 1-19., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7068310 [details]

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