The World Asteroidea Database - Calliaster Gray, 1840

WoRMS taxon details

Calliaster Gray, 1840

AphiaID

205380 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:205380)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Goniasteridae Forbes, 1841

Synonymised names

Astrothauma Fisher, 1913 · unaccepted

Mabahissaster Macan, 1938 · unaccepted (synonym according to Mah (2018))

Direct children (17)

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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)

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Gray, J.E. (1840). XXXII. A synopsis of the genera and species of the class Hypostoma (Asterias, Linnaeus). Annals of the Magazine of Natural History. 6: 275-290., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2336044#page/309/mode/1up
page(s): 280 [details]

Taxonomic citation

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

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

1999-09-02 20:23:25Z

created

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2000-09-26 07:19:20Z

changed

Garcia, Maria

2007-12-17 23:27:22Z

changed

Mah, Christopher

2008-01-21 06:51:38Z

changed

Mah, Christopher

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description Gray, J.E. (1840). XXXII. A synopsis of the genera and species of the class Hypostoma (Asterias, Linnaeus). Annals of the Magazine of Natural History. 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. In: Jangoux, M.; Lawrence, J.M. (Ed.) (1996). Echinoderm Studies. 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]

Definitions

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