Astropecten
creator: Hansson, Hans
creator: Mah, Christopher
date: 2026-08-30
language: en
license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
publisher: World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS)
relation: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php
subject: Astropecten Gray, 1840
type: ScientificName
bibliographic citation: Mah, C.L. (2026). World Asteroidea Database. Astropecten Gray, 1840. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=123245 on 2026-08-30
created: 2004-12-21T16:54:05Z
modified: 2008-01-19T10:31:50Z
replaces: 1725518
replaces: 1394212
replaces: 146057
rights holder: WoRMS Editorial Board
scientific name: Astropecten Gray, 1840
class: Asteroidea
family: Astropectinidae
genus: Astropecten
kingdom: Animalia
name published in: Gray, J.E. (1840). XXXII. A synopsis of the genera and species of the class Hypostoma (Asterias, Linnaeus). Annals of the Magazine of Natural History. 6: 275-290.
name published in: Nardo, J.D. (1834). De Asteriis. Isis von Oken. 1834: 716-717.
name published in: Spencer, W. K. (1914). The Evolution of the Cretaceous Asteroidea. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 204(303-312): 99-177.
name published in year: 1840
name published in year: 1834
name published in year: 1914
order: Paxillosida
parent name usage ID: 123127
phylum: Echinodermata
scientific name authorship: Gray, 1840
taxon rank: Genus
taxonomic status: accepted