Asteroidea taxon details
Plinthaster Verrill, 1899
123303 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:123303)
accepted
Genus
Plinthaster perrieri Sladen, 1889 accepted as Plinthaster dentatus (Perrier, 1884) (type by subsequent designation)
Eugoniaster Verrill, 1899 · unaccepted (synonym)
Pyrenaster Verrill, 1899 · unaccepted (Synonym according to Fisher (1911))
Tosia (Plinthaster) Verrill, 1899 · unaccepted
- Species Plinthaster ceramoidea (Fisher, 1906)
- Species Plinthaster dentatus (Perrier, 1884)
- Species Plinthaster lenaigae Mah, 2018
- Species Plinthaster untiedtae Mah, 2018
- Species Plinthaster comptus (Verrill, 1899) accepted as Plinthaster dentatus (Perrier, 1884) (synonym according to Halpern (1970))
- Species Plinthaster döderleini (Koehler, 1909) accepted as Pillsburiaster döderleini (Koehler, 1910) (moved to Pillsburiaster by Mah (2018))
- Species Plinthaster ephemeralis Macan, 1938 accepted as Sibogaster digitatus Döderlein, 1924 (Synonym according to Mah et al. (2016))
- Species Plinthaster investigatoris (Alcock, 1893) accepted as Pillsburiaster investigatoris (Alcock, 1893) (moved to Pillsburiaster by Mah (2018))
- Species Plinthaster perrieri Sladen, 1889 accepted as Plinthaster dentatus (Perrier, 1884)
- Species Plinthaster productus A.H. Clark, 1917 accepted as Diplasiaster productus (A.H. Clark, 1917) (synonym)
- Species Plinthaster singletoni McKnight, 1973 accepted as Pillsburiaster aoteanus McKnight, 1973 (Synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Verrill, A. E. (1899). Revision of certain genera and species of starfishes, with descriptions of new forms. <em>Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences.</em> 10(1): 145-234., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13456950#page/175/mode/1up
page(s): 161 [details]
page(s): 161 [details]
Mah, C.L. (2024). World Asteroidea Database. Plinthaster Verrill, 1899. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/asteroidea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=123303 on 2024-05-04
original description
Verrill, A. E. (1899). Revision of certain genera and species of starfishes, with descriptions of new forms. <em>Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences.</em> 10(1): 145-234., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13456950#page/175/mode/1up
page(s): 161 [details]
original description (of Tosia (Plinthaster) Verrill, 1899) Verrill, A. E. (1899). Revision of certain genera and species of starfishes, with descriptions of new forms. <em>Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences.</em> 10(1): 145-234., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13456950#page/175/mode/1up
page(s): 161 [details]
original description (of Eugoniaster Verrill, 1899) Verrill, A. E. (1899). Revision of certain genera and species of starfishes, with descriptions of new forms. <em>Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences.</em> 10(1): 145-234., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13456950#page/175/mode/1up
page(s): 172 [details]
original description (of Pyrenaster Verrill, 1899) Verrill, A. E. (1899). Revision of certain genera and species of starfishes, with descriptions of new forms. <em>Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences.</em> 10(1): 145-234., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13456950#page/175/mode/1up
page(s): 166 [details]
context source (MSBIAS) MEDIN. (2011). UK checklist of marine species derived from the applications Marine Recorder and UNICORN. version 1.0. [details]
basis of record Hansson, H.G. (2001). Echinodermata, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i>. 50: pp. 336-351. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source 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]
additional source Halpern, J.A. (1970). Goniasteridae (Echinodermata: Asteroidea) of the Straits of Florida. Bulletin of Marine Science 20(1): 193-286, available online at http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/umrsmas/bullmar/1970/00000020/00000001/art00010?token=003b13d47e867232d45232b5f24246a5e3b6b635623763568263c7b3817 [details]
additional source 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): 161 [details]
original description (of Tosia (Plinthaster) Verrill, 1899) Verrill, A. E. (1899). Revision of certain genera and species of starfishes, with descriptions of new forms. <em>Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences.</em> 10(1): 145-234., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13456950#page/175/mode/1up
page(s): 161 [details]
original description (of Eugoniaster Verrill, 1899) Verrill, A. E. (1899). Revision of certain genera and species of starfishes, with descriptions of new forms. <em>Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences.</em> 10(1): 145-234., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13456950#page/175/mode/1up
page(s): 172 [details]
original description (of Pyrenaster Verrill, 1899) Verrill, A. E. (1899). Revision of certain genera and species of starfishes, with descriptions of new forms. <em>Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences.</em> 10(1): 145-234., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13456950#page/175/mode/1up
page(s): 166 [details]
context source (MSBIAS) MEDIN. (2011). UK checklist of marine species derived from the applications Marine Recorder and UNICORN. version 1.0. [details]
basis of record Hansson, H.G. (2001). Echinodermata, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i>. 50: pp. 336-351. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source 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]
additional source Halpern, J.A. (1970). Goniasteridae (Echinodermata: Asteroidea) of the Straits of Florida. Bulletin of Marine Science 20(1): 193-286, available online at http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/umrsmas/bullmar/1970/00000020/00000001/art00010?token=003b13d47e867232d45232b5f24246a5e3b6b635623763568263c7b3817 [details]
additional source 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]
From other sources
Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]