WoRMS taxon details
Asteropsis Müller & Troschel, 1840
203861 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:203861)
accepted
Genus
Asterope Müller & Troschel, 1840 · unaccepted (A junior primary homonym of...)
A junior primary homonym of Asterope Hubner, 1819 according to Wright in Spencer & Wright (1966)
Gymnasteria Gray, 1840 · unaccepted (synonym according to Muller and...)
synonym according to Muller and Troschel (1842)
Species Asteropsis carinifera (Lamarck, 1816)
Species Asteropsis capreensis Gasco, 1876 accepted as Marginaster capreensis (Gasco, 1876) (synonym)
Species Asteropsis ctenacantha Müller & Troschel, 1842 accepted as Porania (Porania) pulvillus pulvillus (O.F. Müller, 1776) (synonym according to Perrier (1875))
Species Asteropsis imbricata Grube, 1857 accepted as Dermasterias imbricata (Grube, 1857)
Species Asteropsis imperialis Farquhar, 1897 accepted as Petricia imperialis (Farquhar, 1897)
Species Asteropsis pulvillus (O.F. Müller, 1776) accepted as Porania (Porania) pulvillus (O.F. Müller, 1776)
Species Asteropsis vernicina (Lamarck, 1816) accepted as Petricia vernicina (Lamarck, 1816)
Species Asteropsis lissoterga (Benham, 1911) (uncertain > nomen dubium, Validity doubtful according to A.M. Clark (1993))
Species Asteropsis capreensis Gasco, 1876 accepted as Marginaster capreensis (Gasco, 1876) (synonym)
Species Asteropsis ctenacantha Müller & Troschel, 1842 accepted as Porania (Porania) pulvillus pulvillus (O.F. Müller, 1776) (synonym according to Perrier (1875))
Species Asteropsis imbricata Grube, 1857 accepted as Dermasterias imbricata (Grube, 1857)
Species Asteropsis imperialis Farquhar, 1897 accepted as Petricia imperialis (Farquhar, 1897)
Species Asteropsis pulvillus (O.F. Müller, 1776) accepted as Porania (Porania) pulvillus (O.F. Müller, 1776)
Species Asteropsis vernicina (Lamarck, 1816) accepted as Petricia vernicina (Lamarck, 1816)
Species Asteropsis lissoterga (Benham, 1911) (uncertain > nomen dubium, Validity doubtful according to A.M. Clark (1993))
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Müller, J.; Troschel, F. H. (1840). Ueber die Gattungen der Asterien. <em>Archiv für Naturgeschichte.</em> 6: 318-326., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7203128
page(s): 322 [details]
page(s): 322 [details]
Mah, C.L. (2023). World Asteroidea Database. Asteropsis Müller & Troschel, 1840. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=203861 on 2023-01-27
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Garcia, Maria
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original description
Müller, J.; Troschel, F. H. (1840). Ueber die Gattungen der Asterien. <em>Archiv für Naturgeschichte.</em> 6: 318-326., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7203128
page(s): 322 [details]
original description (of Gymnasteria Gray, 1840) Gray, J.E. (1840). XXXII. A synopsis of the genera and species of the class Hypostoma (<i>Asterias</i>, Linnaeus). <em>Annals of the Magazine of Natural History.</em> 6: 275-290., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2336044#page/309/mode/1up
page(s): 278 [details]
original description (of Asterope Müller & Troschel, 1840) Müller, J. and Troschel, F. H. (1840). (untitled). <em>Bericht über die zur Bekanntmachung geeigneten Verhandlungen der Konigl.Preuss.Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin.</em> 1840-42: 100-106., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11051402
page(s): 104 [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): 322 [details]
original description (of Gymnasteria Gray, 1840) Gray, J.E. (1840). XXXII. A synopsis of the genera and species of the class Hypostoma (<i>Asterias</i>, Linnaeus). <em>Annals of the Magazine of Natural History.</em> 6: 275-290., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2336044#page/309/mode/1up
page(s): 278 [details]
original description (of Asterope Müller & Troschel, 1840) Müller, J. and Troschel, F. H. (1840). (untitled). <em>Bericht über die zur Bekanntmachung geeigneten Verhandlungen der Konigl.Preuss.Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin.</em> 1840-42: 100-106., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11051402
page(s): 104 [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]




From other sources
Remark Placed in family Asteropidae in Clark & Rowe (1971). Type species: Asterias carinifera Lamarck 1816, by monotypy (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]