WoRMS taxon details
Lophaster stellans Sladen, 1889
172787 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:172787)
accepted
Species
Lophaster levinseni Perrier, 1888 · unaccepted
Lophaster pentactis Perrier, 1891 · unaccepted (Synonym according to Fisher (1940))
Solaster pentactis Perrier, 1884 (Perrier, 1891) · uncertain > nomen dubium (original designation but see Note...)
original designation but see Note and Perrier 1891
- Subspecies Lophaster stellans marionis Fisher, 1940
- Subspecies Lophaster stellans stellans Sladen, 1889
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Sladen, W.P. (1889). Report on the Asteroidea. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–1876. Zoology.</em> 30 (part 51): xlii + 893 pages, 118 plates., available online at http://www.19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-51/README.htm
page(s): 460 [details]
page(s): 460 [details]
Mah, C.L. (2026). World Asteroidea Database. Lophaster stellans Sladen, 1889. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=172787 on 2026-04-25
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Nomenclature
original description
Sladen, W.P. (1889). Report on the Asteroidea. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–1876. Zoology.</em> 30 (part 51): xlii + 893 pages, 118 plates., available online at http://www.19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-51/README.htm
page(s): 460 [details]
original description (of Lophaster levinseni Perrier, 1888) Perrier, E. (1888). Sur la collection d'etoiles de mer recueillie par la Commission scientifique du Cap Horn. <em>Comptes-rendus Hébdomadaires des Seances de l'Académie des Sciences (Paris).</em> 106: 763-765., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4817698
page(s): 764; note: NOMEN NUDUM. No description. [details]
original description (of Lophaster pentactis Perrier, 1891) Perrier, E. (1891). Echinoderma I. Stellérides. Mission Scientifique du Cap Horn, 1882-83. 6.Zoologie (3), Paris. 1-198 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34621706 [details]
basis of record Clarke, Andrew; Johnston, Nadine M. (2003). Antarctic marine benthic diversity. <em>Oceanography and Marine Biology: an Annual Review.</em> 41: 47-114. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 460 [details]
original description (of Lophaster levinseni Perrier, 1888) Perrier, E. (1888). Sur la collection d'etoiles de mer recueillie par la Commission scientifique du Cap Horn. <em>Comptes-rendus Hébdomadaires des Seances de l'Académie des Sciences (Paris).</em> 106: 763-765., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4817698
page(s): 764; note: NOMEN NUDUM. No description. [details]
original description (of Lophaster pentactis Perrier, 1891) Perrier, E. (1891). Echinoderma I. Stellérides. Mission Scientifique du Cap Horn, 1882-83. 6.Zoologie (3), Paris. 1-198 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34621706 [details]
basis of record Clarke, Andrew; Johnston, Nadine M. (2003). Antarctic marine benthic diversity. <em>Oceanography and Marine Biology: an Annual Review.</em> 41: 47-114. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]Other
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Antarctic Field Guides
To Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Lophaster pentactis Perrier, 1891)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Lophaster stellans (1) 1116261)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Lophaster stellans (2) 1116261)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (21 records)
To Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Lophaster pentactis Perrier, 1891)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Lophaster stellans (1) 1116261)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Lophaster stellans (2) 1116261)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (21 records)
Unreviewed
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