MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Peltaster Verrill, 1899

WoRMS taxon details

Peltaster Verrill, 1899

AphiaID

123301 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:123301)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Typetaxon

Peltaster hebes Verrill, 1899 accepted as Peltaster placenta (Müller & Troschel, 1842) (type by original designation)

Parent

Goniasteridae Forbes, 1841

Direct children (6)

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Species Peltaster cycloplax Fisher, 1913
Species Peltaster micropeltus (Fisher, 1906)
Species Peltaster placenta (Müller & Troschel, 1842)
Species Peltaster hebes Verrill, 1899 accepted as Peltaster placenta (Müller & Troschel, 1842) (synonym)
Species Peltaster nidarosiensis (Storm, 1881) accepted as Peltaster placenta (Müller & Troschel, 1842) (synonym according to Downey in Clark & Downey (1992))
Species Peltaster planus (Verrill, 1895) accepted as Peltaster placenta (Müller & Troschel, 1842) (Synonym according to Tortonese & A.M. Clark (1956))

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Verrill, A. E. (1899). Revision of certain genera and species of starfishes, with descriptions of new forms. Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences. 10(1): 145-234., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13456950#page/175/mode/1up
page(s): 168 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Mah, C.L. (2024). World Asteroidea Database. Peltaster Verrill, 1899. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=123301 on 2024-11-22

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Hansson, Hans

2008-10-22 03:54:20Z

changed

Mah, Christopher

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original description Verrill, A. E. (1899). Revision of certain genera and species of starfishes, with descriptions of new forms. Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences. 10(1): 145-234., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13456950#page/175/mode/1up
page(s): 168 [details]

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]

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]

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 Hansson, H. (2004). North East Atlantic Taxa (NEAT): Nematoda. Internet pdf Ed. Aug 1998., available online at http://www.tmbl.gu.se/libdb/taxon/taxa.html [details] Available for editors

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Introduced: alien

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Peltaster placenta

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