Marine Species Traits - Hemiaster Desor in Agassiz & Desor, 1847 †

Deep-Sea taxon details

Hemiaster Desor in Agassiz & Desor, 1847 †

AphiaID

123423 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:123423)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Hemiasteridae H.L. Clark, 1917

Direct children (6)

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Subgenus Hemiaster (Integraster) Lambert & Thiéry, 1924 accepted as Holanthus Lambert & Thiéry, 1924 (junior homonym of Integraster Döderlein, 1920 (Asteroidea))
1. Species Hemiaster (Integraster) gibbosus A. Agassiz, 1879 accepted as Holanthus expergitus gibbosus (A. Agassiz, 1879) (reduced to subspecies rank)
Species Hemiaster expergitus Lovén, 1871 accepted as Holanthus expergitus (Lovén, 1871) (transferred to Holanthus)
Species Hemiaster gibbosus A. Agassiz, 1879 accepted as Holanthus expergitus gibbosus (A. Agassiz, 1879) (reduced to subspecies rank)
Species Hemiaster mentzi A. Agassiz, 1880 accepted as Holanthus expergitus (Lovén, 1871) (subjective junior synonym)
Species Hemiaster tenuis (A. Agassiz, 1898) accepted as Holanthus tenuis (A. Agassiz, 1898) (transferred to Holanthus)

Environment

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

Fossil range

fossil only

Original description

Not documented

Taxonomic citation

Kroh, A.; Mooi, R. (2025). World Echinoidea Database. Hemiaster Desor in Agassiz & Desor, 1847 †. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=123423 on 2025-05-22

Thematic species database citation

Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Hemiaster Desor in Agassiz & Desor, 1847 †. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=123423 on 2025-05-22

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Hansson, Hans

2010-09-06 12:28:48Z

changed

Kroh, Andreas

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context source (MSBIAS) MEDIN. (2011). UK checklist of marine species derived from the applications Marine Recorder and UNICORN. version 1.0. [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]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Definitions

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Language	Name
Japanese	コダヌキブンブク属	[details]

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