MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Pteraster obscurus (Perrier, 1891)

Deep-Sea taxon details

Pteraster obscurus (Perrier, 1891)

Pteraster obscurus

AphiaID

124149 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:124149)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Pteraster Müller & Troschel, 1842

Original name

Hexaster obscurus Perrier, 1891

Synonymised names

Pteraster (Temnaster) hexactis Verrill, 1894 · unaccepted (synonym)

Temnaster hexactis (Verrill, 1894) · unaccepted (Synonym according to Fisher (1911))

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

(of ) Perrier, E. (1891). Stellerides nouveaux provenant des campagnes du yacht l'Hirondelle. Mémoires de la Société zoologique de France. 4: 258-271., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10114471
page(s): 267 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Mah, C.L. (2024). World Asteroidea Database. Pteraster obscurus (Perrier, 1891). Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2024) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=124149 on 2024-11-04

Thematic species database citation

Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2024). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Pteraster obscurus (Perrier, 1891). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/DeepSea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=124149 on 2024-11-04

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Hansson, Hans

2008-10-25 03:22:57Z

changed

Mah, Christopher

[taxonomic tree]

original description (of ) Perrier, E. (1891). Stellerides nouveaux provenant des campagnes du yacht l'Hirondelle. Mémoires de la Société zoologique de France. 4: 258-271., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10114471
page(s): 267 [details]

original description (of Pteraster (Temnaster) hexactis Verrill, 1894) Verrill, A. E. (1894). Descriptions of new species of starfishes and ophiurans, with a revision of certain species formerly described; mostly from the collections made by the United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries. Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 17(1000), 245-297., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15675247
page(s): 275 [details]

original description (of Temnaster hexactis (Verrill, 1894)) Verrill, A. E. (1894). Descriptions of new species of starfishes and ophiurans, with a revision of certain species formerly described; mostly from the collections made by the United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries. Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 17(1000), 245-297., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15675247
page(s): 275 [details]

context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [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 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]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Definitions

Language	Name
English	Obscure cushion star	[details]
Russian	Птерастер темный	[details]

To Barcode of Life (7 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications) (from synonym Temnaster hexactis (Verrill, 1894))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (16 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Pteraster obscurus)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Pteraster (Temnaster) hexactis Verrill, 1894)
To The Arctic Traits Database (22 traits)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (18 records)
To ITIS

From editor or global species database

Pteraster obscurus

Pteraster obscurus - oral view

Unreviewed

Pteraster obscurus