The World Asteroidea Database - Asterinopsis Verrill, 1913

Asteroidea name details

Asterinopsis Verrill, 1913

AphiaID

177958 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:177958)

Classification

Status

uncertain > nomen dubium (Type species is lost/not described)

Rank

Genus

Typetaxon

Asterias penicillaris Lamarck, 1816 accepted as Asterinopsis penicillaris (Lamarck, 1816)

Parent

Asterinidae Gray, 1840

Direct children (6)

Ordering

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Species Asterinopsis grandis (H.L. Clark, 1928) accepted as Paranepanthia grandis (H.L. Clark, 1928)
Species Asterinopsis lymani (Perrier, 1881) accepted as Asterinides pilosa (Perrier, 1881) (Referred to synonymy by Clark and Downey (1992) and summarized by O'Loughlin & Waters (2004))
Species Asterinopsis pedicellaris (Fisher, 1913) accepted as Nepanthia pedicellaris Fisher, 1913 (Returned to N. pedicellaris by O'Loughlin & Waters (2004))
Species Asterinopsis pilosa (Perrier, 1881) accepted as Asterinides pilosa (Perrier, 1881) (Subsequent combination. Assigned to Asterinides by O'Loughlin & Waters (2004))
Species Asterinopsis praetermissa Livingstone, 1933 accepted as Paranepanthia praetermissa (Livingstone, 1933) accepted as Paranepanthia grandis (H.L. Clark, 1928) (Original designation)
Species Asterinopsis penicillaris (Lamarck, 1816) (uncertain > nomen dubium, Type could not be found, reliable images/descriptions unavailable.See O'loughlin and Waters (2004) for summary)

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Verrill, A. E. (1913). Revision of the genera of starfishes of the subfamily Asterininae. American Journal of Science, 35: 477-485, available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40403497
page(s): 480 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Mah, C.L. (2021). World Asteroidea Database. Asterinopsis Verrill, 1913. Accessed at: http://www.marinespecies.org/asteroidea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=177958 on 2024-04-19

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-07-28 06:51:10Z

created

Braeckman, Ulrike

2008-12-10 02:34:30Z

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Mah, Christopher

2014-10-23 19:43:44Z

changed

Mah, Christopher

[taxonomic tree]

original description Verrill, A. E. (1913). Revision of the genera of starfishes of the subfamily Asterininae. American Journal of Science, 35: 477-485, available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40403497
page(s): 480 [details]

basis of record 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]

From other sources

Validity The name Asterinopsis is retained because the identity of the type species Asterias penicillaris Lamarck, 1816 is uncertain since no type material extant (Mortensen, 1933a) and the figure from Linck (1733, pl.34, no.57) might represent any short-rayed stellate asterinid with blunt arm tips. If current reorganization of the asteroid collection in the Paris Museum doesn't reveal Lamarck's type material of A. penicellaris, a new generic name would be desirable for these asterinids. [details]

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