Marine Species Traits - Circeaster Koehler, 1909

Asteroidea taxon details

Circeaster Koehler, 1909

AphiaID

178090 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:178090)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Circeaster marcelli Koehler, 1909 (type by subsequent designation)

Type taxon of

Circeasterinae Mah, 2024

Parent

Circeasterinae Mah, 2024

Original name

Circeaster Koehler, 1909

Direct children (12)

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Species Circeaster abyssalis Mah, 2024
Species Circeaster americanus (A.H. Clark, 1916)
Species Circeaster dux Mah, 2024
Species Circeaster helenae Mah, 2006
Species Circeaster kristinae Mah, 2006
Species Circeaster loisetteae Mah, 2006
Species Circeaster magdalenae Koehler, 1909
Species Circeaster marcelli Koehler, 1909
Species Circeaster pullus Mah, 2006
Species Circeaster sandrae Mah, 2006
Species Circeaster arandae Mah, 2006 accepted as Atheraster arandae (Mah, 2006)
Species Circeaster occidentalis H.L. Clark, 1941 accepted as Circeaster americanus (A.H. Clark, 1916) (Synonym according to Halpern (1970))

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Koehler, R. (1909). Astéries recueillies par l'Investigator dans l'océan indien. I.Les Asteries de Mer Profonde. Echinoderma of the Indian Museum. 5: 1-143 pp., 13 plates., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12034817
page(s): 83 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Mah, C.L. (2025). World Asteroidea Database. Circeaster Koehler, 1909. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/asteroidea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=178090 on 2025-05-29

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-07-28 06:51:10Z

created

Braeckman, Ulrike

2009-01-30 03:03:03Z

changed

Mah, Christopher

2024-03-12 23:19:10Z

changed

Mah, Christopher

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original description Koehler, R. (1909). Astéries recueillies par l'Investigator dans l'océan indien. I.Les Asteries de Mer Profonde. Echinoderma of the Indian Museum. 5: 1-143 pp., 13 plates., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12034817
page(s): 83 [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]

additional source Halpern, J.A. (1970). Goniasteridae (Echinodermata: Asteroidea) of the Straits of Florida. Bulletin of Marine Science 20(1): 193-286, available online at http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/umrsmas/bullmar/1970/00000020/00000001/art00010?token=003b13d47e867232d45232b5f24246a5e3b6b635623763568263c7b3817 [details]

additional source Mah, C.L. (2006). Phylogenetic analysis and biogeography of the deep-sea goniasterid, Circeaster (Echinodermata: Asteroidea) including descriptions of six new species. Zoosystema. 28(4): 917-954., available online at http://web.archive.org/web/20120905182856/http://www.mnhn.fr/museum/front/medias/publication/9248_z06n4a5.pdf [details]

additional source Clark, A. H. (1916). A new starfish (Lydiaster americanus) from the Gulf of Mexico. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences. 6: 141-144., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2005737 [details]

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