WoRMS taxon details
Toraster A.M. Clark, 1952
178145 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:178145)
accepted
Genus
Astrogonium tuberculatum Gray, 1847 accepted as Toraster tuberculatus (Gray, 1847) (type by original designation)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Clark, A. M. (1951). Some Echinoderms from South Africa. <em>Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa.</em> 33(2): 193-221., available online at https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00359195109519884
page(s): 205 [details]
page(s): 205 [details]
Mah, C.L. (2026). World Asteroidea Database. Toraster A.M. Clark, 1952. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=178145 on 2026-01-18
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Nomenclature
original description
Clark, A. M. (1951). Some Echinoderms from South Africa. <em>Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa.</em> 33(2): 193-221., available online at https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00359195109519884
page(s): 205 [details]
basis of record 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): 205 [details]
basis of record 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]
Other
context source (MSBIAS)
MEDIN. (2011). UK checklist of marine species derived from the applications Marine Recorder and UNICORN. version 1.0. [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 Mah, C. (2007). Systematics, phylogeny and historical biogeography of the <i>Pentagonaster</i> clade (Asteroidea: Valvatida: Goniasteridae. <em>Invertebrate Systematics.</em> 21: 311-339., available online at https://doi.org/10.1071/IS06049 [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 Mah, C. (2007). Systematics, phylogeny and historical biogeography of the <i>Pentagonaster</i> clade (Asteroidea: Valvatida: Goniasteridae. <em>Invertebrate Systematics.</em> 21: 311-339., available online at https://doi.org/10.1071/IS06049 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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