WoRMS taxon details
Pteraster tesselatus Ives, 1888
369053 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:369053)
accepted
Species
Pteraster (Retaster) gracilis H.L. Clark, 1901 · alternative representation
Pteraster gracilis H.L. Clark, 1901 · unaccepted (Synonym according to Fisher (1940))
Pteraster hebes Verrill, 1909 · unaccepted (Synonym according to Fisher (1930))
Pteraster japonicus Uchida, 1931 · unaccepted (Possible synonym based on...)
Possible synonym based on Djakonov (1950).
Pteraster multispinus H.L. Clark, 1901 · unaccepted (Probable synonym according to...)
Probable synonym according to Fisher (1940).
Retaster gracilis H.L. Clark, 1901 · unaccepted
- Subspecies Pteraster tesselatus arcuatus Fisher, 1911
- Subspecies Pteraster tesselatus glomus Hayashi, 1940
- Subspecies Pteraster tesselatus tesselatus Ives, 1888
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Ives, J.E. (1888). On two new species of starfishes. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.40: 421-424. [details]
Mah, C.L. (2025). World Asteroidea Database. Pteraster tesselatus Ives, 1888. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=369053 on 2025-05-18
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Nomenclature
original description
Ives, J.E. (1888). On two new species of starfishes. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.40: 421-424. [details]
original description (of Pteraster gracilis H.L. Clark, 1901) Clark, H. L. (1901). No. 15. Echinoderms from Puget Sound: Observations made on the echinoderms collected by the parties from Columbia University, in Puget Sound in 1896 and 1897. <em>Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural HIstory.</em> 29(15): 323-337, 4 plates.
page(s): 326 [details]
original description (of Pteraster hebes Verrill, 1909) Verrill, A.E. (1909). Description of new genera and species of starfishes from the North Pacific coast of America. American Journal of Science 28: 59-70., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40247723
page(s): 61 [details]
original description (of Pteraster japonicus Uchida, 1931) Uchida, T. (1931). Ein neuer Seestern aus Japan. <em>Zoologischer Anzeiger.</em> 93(3/4): 77-80.
page(s): 77 [details]
original description (of Pteraster multispinus H.L. Clark, 1901) Clark, H. L. (1901). No. 15. Echinoderms from Puget Sound: Observations made on the echinoderms collected by the parties from Columbia University, in Puget Sound in 1896 and 1897. <em>Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural HIstory.</em> 29(15): 323-337, 4 plates.
page(s): 326 [details]
original description (of Retaster gracilis H.L. Clark, 1901) Clark, H. L. (1901). No. 15. Echinoderms from Puget Sound: Observations made on the echinoderms collected by the parties from Columbia University, in Puget Sound in 1896 and 1897. <em>Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural HIstory.</em> 29(15): 323-337, 4 plates.
page(s): 326 [details]
original description (of Pteraster (Retaster) gracilis H.L. Clark, 1901) Clark, H. L. (1901). No. 15. Echinoderms from Puget Sound: Observations made on the echinoderms collected by the parties from Columbia University, in Puget Sound in 1896 and 1897. <em>Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural HIstory.</em> 29(15): 323-337, 4 plates.
page(s): 326 [details]
original description (of Pteraster gracilis H.L. Clark, 1901) Clark, H. L. (1901). No. 15. Echinoderms from Puget Sound: Observations made on the echinoderms collected by the parties from Columbia University, in Puget Sound in 1896 and 1897. <em>Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural HIstory.</em> 29(15): 323-337, 4 plates.
page(s): 326 [details]
original description (of Pteraster hebes Verrill, 1909) Verrill, A.E. (1909). Description of new genera and species of starfishes from the North Pacific coast of America. American Journal of Science 28: 59-70., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40247723
page(s): 61 [details]
original description (of Pteraster japonicus Uchida, 1931) Uchida, T. (1931). Ein neuer Seestern aus Japan. <em>Zoologischer Anzeiger.</em> 93(3/4): 77-80.
page(s): 77 [details]
original description (of Pteraster multispinus H.L. Clark, 1901) Clark, H. L. (1901). No. 15. Echinoderms from Puget Sound: Observations made on the echinoderms collected by the parties from Columbia University, in Puget Sound in 1896 and 1897. <em>Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural HIstory.</em> 29(15): 323-337, 4 plates.
page(s): 326 [details]
original description (of Retaster gracilis H.L. Clark, 1901) Clark, H. L. (1901). No. 15. Echinoderms from Puget Sound: Observations made on the echinoderms collected by the parties from Columbia University, in Puget Sound in 1896 and 1897. <em>Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural HIstory.</em> 29(15): 323-337, 4 plates.
page(s): 326 [details]
original description (of Pteraster (Retaster) gracilis H.L. Clark, 1901) Clark, H. L. (1901). No. 15. Echinoderms from Puget Sound: Observations made on the echinoderms collected by the parties from Columbia University, in Puget Sound in 1896 and 1897. <em>Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural HIstory.</em> 29(15): 323-337, 4 plates.
page(s): 326 [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 Fisher, W.K. (1911). Asteroidea of the North Pacific and adjacent waters. 1. Phanerozonia and Spinulosida. Bulletin of the US National Museum, 76: xiii+420 pp.122 pls., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7840387 [details]
additional source Fisher, W.K. (1911). Asteroidea of the North Pacific and adjacent waters. 1. Phanerozonia and Spinulosida. Bulletin of the US National Museum, 76: xiii+420 pp.122 pls., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7840387 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | Tesselated slime star | [details] |
| Japanese | カスリマクヒトデ | [details] |
| Russian | Птерастер сетчатый | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (6 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (19 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Pteraster multispinus H.L. Clark, 1901)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Pteraster gracilis H.L. Clark, 1901)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Pteraster tesselatus)
To GenBank (31 nucleotides; 8 proteins)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (33 records)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 083626)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (19 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Pteraster multispinus H.L. Clark, 1901)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Pteraster gracilis H.L. Clark, 1901)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Pteraster tesselatus)
To GenBank (31 nucleotides; 8 proteins)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (33 records)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 083626)
To ITIS
