WoRMS taxon details
Oreaster clavatus Müller & Troschel, 1842
178214 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:178214)
accepted
Species
Oreaster carinatus Müller & Troschel, 1842 · unaccepted
Oreaster dorsatus Lutken, 1864 · unaccepted (synonym according to Doderlein (1916))
Pentaceros carinatus (Müller & Troschel, 1842) · unaccepted (Possible synonym according to...)
Possible synonym according to Doderlein (1936, index)
Pentaceros dorsata Perrier, 1875 · unaccepted (invalid (see notes below))
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
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): 49 [details]
page(s): 49 [details]
Mah, C.L. (2025). World Asteroidea Database. Oreaster clavatus Müller & Troschel, 1842. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=178214 on 2025-04-30
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Nomenclature
original description
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): 49 [details]
original description (of Oreaster dorsatus Lutken, 1864) Lütken, C. (1864). Kritiske Bemaerkniger om forsjellige Søstjerne (Asteriderne), med Beskrivelse af nogle nye Arter. <em>Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk Naturhistorisk Forening.</em> 1864(8-12): 123-169., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35852125
page(s): 171; note: (from Linnaeus 1753) [details]
original description (of Pentaceros carinatus (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): 49 [details]
original description (of Pentaceros dorsata Perrier, 1875) Perrier, E. (1875). Révision de la collection de stellérides du Museum d'Histoire naturelle de Paris. Paris, Reinwald. 384 p., available online at https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044107304818&view=1up&seq=338
page(s): 245; note: Not technically a new species-but this was first usage. Included here out of convenience. [details]
original description (of Oreaster carinatus 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): 49 [details]
basis of record Clark, A. M.; Downey, M. E. (1992). Starfishes of the Atlantic. <i>Chapman & Hall Identification Guides</i>, 3. Chapman & Hall. London, UK. ISBN 0-412-43280-3. xxvi, 794 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
page(s): 49 [details]
original description (of Oreaster dorsatus Lutken, 1864) Lütken, C. (1864). Kritiske Bemaerkniger om forsjellige Søstjerne (Asteriderne), med Beskrivelse af nogle nye Arter. <em>Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk Naturhistorisk Forening.</em> 1864(8-12): 123-169., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35852125
page(s): 171; note: (from Linnaeus 1753) [details]
original description (of Pentaceros carinatus (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): 49 [details]
original description (of Pentaceros dorsata Perrier, 1875) Perrier, E. (1875). Révision de la collection de stellérides du Museum d'Histoire naturelle de Paris. Paris, Reinwald. 384 p., available online at https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044107304818&view=1up&seq=338
page(s): 245; note: Not technically a new species-but this was first usage. Included here out of convenience. [details]
original description (of Oreaster carinatus 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): 49 [details]
basis of record Clark, A. M.; Downey, M. E. (1992). Starfishes of the Atlantic. <i>Chapman & Hall Identification Guides</i>, 3. Chapman & Hall. London, UK. ISBN 0-412-43280-3. xxvi, 794 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (4 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (18 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Oreaster clavatus)
To GenBank (9 nucleotides; 4 proteins)
To MNHN Type collection (IE 2017-767) (from synonym Pentaceros dorsata Perrier, 1875)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (4 records)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (18 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Oreaster clavatus)
To GenBank (9 nucleotides; 4 proteins)
To MNHN Type collection (IE 2017-767) (from synonym Pentaceros dorsata Perrier, 1875)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (4 records)
From editor or global species database
