Marine Species Traits - Euretaster Fisher, 1940

Traits taxon details

Euretaster Fisher, 1940

AphiaID

206389 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:206389)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Pterasteridae Perrier, 1875

Direct children (3)

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Species Euretaster attenuatus Jangoux, 1984
Species Euretaster cribrosus (von Martens, 1867)
Species Euretaster insignis (Sladen, 1882)

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Fisher, W.K. (1940). Asteroidea. Discovery Reports 20: 69-306., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5609973
page(s): 198 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Mah, C.L. (2025). World Asteroidea Database. Euretaster Fisher, 1940. Accessed through: Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025) Marine Species Traits at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=206389 on 2025-06-01

Thematic species database citation

Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025). Marine Species Traits. Euretaster Fisher, 1940. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=206389 on 2025-06-01

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

1999-09-05 09:29:22Z

created

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2000-09-26 07:19:20Z

changed

Garcia, Maria

2008-01-24 09:19:09Z

changed

Mah, Christopher

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original description Fisher, W.K. (1940). Asteroidea. Discovery Reports 20: 69-306., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5609973
page(s): 198 [details]

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

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Definitions

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To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Euretaster)
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