MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Asteropsis Müller & Troschel, 1840

WoRMS taxon details

Asteropsis Müller & Troschel, 1840

AphiaID

203861 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:203861)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Asteropseidae Hotchkiss & Clark, 1976

Synonymised names

Asterope Müller & Troschel, 1840 · unaccepted (A junior primary homonym of...)

A junior primary homonym of Asterope Hubner, 1819 according to Wright in Spencer & Wright (1966)

Gymnasteria Gray, 1840 · unaccepted (synonym according to Muller and...)

synonym according to Muller and Troschel (1842)

Direct children (8)

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Species Asteropsis carinifera (Lamarck, 1816)
Species Asteropsis capreensis Gasco, 1876 accepted as Marginaster capreensis (Gasco, 1876) (synonym)
Species Asteropsis ctenacantha Müller & Troschel, 1842 accepted as Porania (Porania) pulvillus pulvillus (O.F. Müller, 1776) (synonym according to Perrier (1875))
Species Asteropsis imbricata Grube, 1857 accepted as Dermasterias imbricata (Grube, 1857)
Species Asteropsis imperialis Farquhar, 1897 accepted as Petricia imperialis (Farquhar, 1897)
Species Asteropsis pulvillus (O.F. Müller, 1776) accepted as Porania (Porania) pulvillus (O.F. Müller, 1776)
Species Asteropsis vernicina (Lamarck, 1816) accepted as Petricia vernicina (Lamarck, 1816)
Species Asteropsis lissoterga (Benham, 1911) (uncertain > nomen dubium, Validity doubtful according to A.M. Clark (1993))

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Müller, J.; Troschel, F. H. (1840). Ueber die Gattungen der Asterien. Archiv für Naturgeschichte. 6: 318-326., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7203128
page(s): 322 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Mah, C.L. (2024). World Asteroidea Database. Asteropsis Müller & Troschel, 1840. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=203861 on 2024-11-21

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

1999-06-17 15:34:58Z

created

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2000-09-25 12:31:29Z

changed

Garcia, Maria

2008-01-21 08:09:52Z

changed

Mah, Christopher

2008-10-23 03:57:33Z

changed

Mah, Christopher

Licensing

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original description Müller, J.; Troschel, F. H. (1840). Ueber die Gattungen der Asterien. Archiv für Naturgeschichte. 6: 318-326., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7203128
page(s): 322 [details]

original description (of Gymnasteria Gray, 1840) Gray, J.E. (1840). XXXII. A synopsis of the genera and species of the class Hypostoma (Asterias, Linnaeus). Annals of the Magazine of Natural History. 6: 275-290., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2336044#page/309/mode/1up
page(s): 278 [details]

original description (of Asterope Müller & Troschel, 1840) Müller, J.; Troschel, F. H. (1840). (untitled). Bericht über die zur Bekanntmachung geeigneten Verhandlungen der Konigl.Preuss.Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin. 1840-42: 100-106., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11051402
page(s): 104 [details]

basis of record Clark, A. M. (1993). An index of names of recent Asteroidea, part 2: Valvatida. In: Jangoux, M.; Lawrence, J.M. (Ed.) (1996). Echinoderm Studies. 4: 187-366. (look up in IMIS) [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Unreviewed

Remark Placed in family Asteropidae in Clark & Rowe (1971).
Type species: Asterias carinifera Lamarck 1816, by monotypy (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]

Definitions

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To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Asterope) (from synonym Asterope Müller & Troschel, 1840)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Asteropsis)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Asteropsis)