The World Asteroidea Database - Astrogonium tuberculatum Gray, 1847

WoRMS name details

Astrogonium tuberculatum Gray, 1847

AphiaID

178148 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:178148)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (synonym)

Accepted name

Toraster tuberculatus (Gray, 1847)

Rank

Species

Type taxon of

Toraster A.M. Clark, 1952

Parent

Astrogonium Müller & Troschel, 1842 accepted as Goniaster L. Agassiz, 1836

Original name

Astrogonium tuberculatum Gray, 1847

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Gray, J.E. (1847). Descriptions of some new genera and species of Asteriadae. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 72-83., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12862856
page(s): 79 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Mah, C.L. (2025). World Asteroidea Database. Astrogonium tuberculatum Gray, 1847. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=178148 on 2025-05-11

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-07-28 06:51:10Z

created

Braeckman, Ulrike

2008-12-16 03:48:43Z

changed

Mah, Christopher

2009-01-31 14:17:57Z

changed

Mah, Christopher

Licensing

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Sources (2)

Nomenclature

original description Gray, J.E. (1847). Descriptions of some new genera and species of Asteriadae. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 72-83., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12862856
page(s): 79 [details]

basis of record Clark, A. M.; Downey, M. E. (1992). Starfishes of the Atlantic. Chapman & Hall Identification Guides, 3. Chapman & Hall. London, UK. ISBN 0-412-43280-3. xxvi, 794 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]