Marine Species Traits - Pteraster Müller & Troschel, 1842

RAMS taxon details

Pteraster Müller & Troschel, 1842

AphiaID

123335 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:123335)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Pterasteridae Perrier, 1875

Synonymised names

Marsipaster Sladen, 1882 · unaccepted (Synonym according to Downey (1973).)

Retaster Perrier, 1878 · unaccepted (Subgenus according to Fisher (1940).)

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Species Pteraster affinis Smith, 1876
Species Pteraster bathami Fell, 1958
Species Pteraster florifer Koehler, 1920
Species Pteraster gibber (Sladen, 1882)
Species Pteraster hirsutus (Sladen, 1882)
Species Pteraster koehleri A.M. Clark, 1962
Species Pteraster robertsoni McKnight, 1973
Species Pteraster rugatus Sladen, 1882
Species Pteraster spinosissimus (Sladen, 1882)
Species Pteraster stellifer Sladen, 1882
Species Pteraster aculeatus Koehler, 1920 accepted as Pteraster affinis aculeatus Koehler, 1920 accepted as Pteraster affinis Smith, 1876
Species Pteraster argentinus Bernasconi, 1935 accepted as Pteraster affinis lebruni Perrier, 1891 (Synonym according to A.M. Clark (1962) and Bernasconi (1964).)
Species Pteraster brachiatus Koehler, 1917 accepted as Pteraster affinis Smith, 1876 (Synonym according to A.M. Clark (1962))
Species Pteraster hunteri Koehler, 1920 accepted as Pteraster stellifer hunteri Koehler, 1920
Species Pteraster ingouffi Perrier, 1891 accepted as Diplopteraster verrucosus (Sladen, 1882) (Synonym according to Fisher (1940))
Species Pteraster lebruni Perrier, 1891 accepted as Pteraster affinis lebruni Perrier, 1891 (Synonym according to Guille (1974).)
Species Pteraster marplatensis Bernasconi, 1935 accepted as Pteraster affinis Smith, 1876 (Synonym according to A.M. Clark (1962) & confirmed by Bernasconi (1964).)
Species Pteraster semireticulatus Sladen, 1882 accepted as Diplopteraster semireticulatus (Sladen, 1882)

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Müller, J. and Troschel, F. H. (1842). System der Asteriden.1. Asteriae. 2. Ophiuridae. Vieweg: Braunschweig. xxx+134 pp. 12 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/44159
page(s): 127 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Mah, C.L. (2021). World Asteroidea Database. Pteraster Müller & Troschel, 1842. Accessed through: De Broyer, C.; Clarke, A.; Koubbi, P.; Pakhomov, E.; Scott, F.; Vanden Berghe, E. and Danis, B. (Eds.) (2021) Register of Antarctic Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/rams/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=123335 on 2025-05-28

Regional species database citation

De Broyer, C.; Clarke, A.; Koubbi, P.; Pakhomov, E.; Scott, F.; Vanden Berghe, E. and Danis, B. (Eds.) (2025). Register of Antarctic Marine Species. Pteraster Müller & Troschel, 1842. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/rAMS/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=123335 on 2025-05-28

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Hansson, Hans

2008-01-19 09:31:50Z

changed

Mah, Christopher

2008-10-25 03:22:57Z

changed

Mah, Christopher

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original description Müller, J. and Troschel, F. H. (1842). System der Asteriden.1. Asteriae. 2. Ophiuridae. Vieweg: Braunschweig. xxx+134 pp. 12 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/44159
page(s): 127 [details]

original description (of Retaster Perrier, 1878) Sladen, W.P. (1889). Report on the Asteroidea. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–1876. Zoology. 30 (part 51): xlii + 893 pages, 118 plates., available online at http://www.19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-51/README.htm [details]

original description (of Marsipaster Sladen, 1882) Sladen, W.P. (1882) The Asteroidea of H.M.S. Challenger Expedition, pt. 1. Pterasteridae. Journal of the Linnean Society of London. 16: 189-246, available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31982430
page(s): 202 [details]

basis of record Hansson, H.G. (2001). Echinodermata, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,. 50: pp. 336-351. (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source Hansson, H. G. (1998). NEAT (North East Atlantic Taxa): Scandinavian Echinodermata Check-List (Comp.). , available online at https://www.gu.se/sites/default/files/2020-10/NEAT%2AEchinodermata.pdf [details]

additional source Clark, A. M. (1996). An index of names of recent Asteroidea, part 3. Velatida and Spinulosida. In: Jangoux, M.; Lawrence, J.M. (Ed.) (1996). Echinoderm Studies. 5: 183-250. (look up in IMIS) [details]