Marine Species Traits - Trichaster L. Agassiz, 1836

WoRMS taxon details

Trichaster L. Agassiz, 1836

AphiaID

203977 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:203977)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Euryale palmiferum Lamarck, 1816 accepted as Trichaster palmiferus (Lamarck, 1816)

Parent

Euryalidae Gray, 1840

Direct children (6)

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Species Trichaster acanthifer Döderlein, 1927
Species Trichaster flagellifer von Martens, 1866
Species Trichaster palmiferus (Lamarck, 1816)
Species Trichaster elegans Ludwig, 1878 accepted as Trichaster flagellifer von Martens, 1866 (synonym acc. to Liao & Clark (1995))
Species Trichaster flageriffera accepted as Trichaster flagellifer von Martens, 1866 (misspelling)
Species Trichaster isidis Duchassaing, 1850 accepted as Astrocnida isidis (Duchassaing, 1850)

Environment

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

Original description

Agassiz, L. (1836). Prodrome d'une Monographie des Radiaires ou Echinodermes. Mémoires de la Société des Sciences naturelles de Neuchâtel. 1, 168-199., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10596479
page(s): 193 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T.; Thuy, B. (Eds) (2025). World Ophiuroidea Database. Trichaster L. Agassiz, 1836. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=203977 on 2025-05-11

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-06-06 22:00:00Z

created

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2005-06-07 10:36:39Z

changed

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2007-07-12 13:29:01Z

checked

Stöhr, Sabine

2011-09-19 13:40:18Z

changed

Stöhr, Sabine

2018-03-01 08:53:31Z

changed

Stöhr, Sabine

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description Agassiz, L. (1836). Prodrome d'une Monographie des Radiaires ou Echinodermes. Mémoires de la Société des Sciences naturelles de Neuchâtel. 1, 168-199., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10596479
page(s): 193 [details]

Taxonomy

taxonomy source Okanishi, M.; O'Hara, T. D.; Fujita, T. (2011). Molecular phylogeny of the order Euryalida (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea), based on mitochondrial and nuclear ribosomal genes. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 61: 392-399. [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

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