MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Anseropoda Nardo, 1834

Asteroidea taxon details

Anseropoda Nardo, 1834

Anseropoda placenta (Pennant, 1777)

AphiaID

123280 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:123280)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Asterias placenta Pennant, 1777 accepted as Anseropoda placenta (Pennant, 1777) (type by subsequent designation)

Type taxon of

Anseropodinae Fisher, 1906

Parent

Asterinidae Gray, 1840

Synonymised names

Asteriscus Müller & Troschel, 1842 · unaccepted (Composite of Anseropoda and...)

Composite of Anseropoda and Asterina but see note for full explanation of synonymy

Carna Gistel, 1848 · unaccepted (synonym)

Palmipes L. Agassiz, 1836 · unaccepted

Direct children (18)

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Species Anseropoda aotearoa McKnight, 1973
Species Anseropoda diaphana (Sladen, 1889)
Species Anseropoda fisheri Aziz & Jangoux, 1985
Species Anseropoda grandis Mortensen, 1933
Species Anseropoda habracantha H.L. Clark, 1923
Species Anseropoda insignis Fisher, 1906
Species Anseropoda lobiancoi (Ludwig, 1897)
Species Anseropoda ludovici (Koehler, 1909)
Species Anseropoda macropora Fisher, 1913
Species Anseropoda novemradiata (Bell, 1905)
Species Anseropoda pellucida (Alcock, 1893)
Species Anseropoda petaloides (Goto, 1914)
Species Anseropoda placenta (Pennant, 1777)
Species Anseropoda rosacea (Lamarck, 1816)
Species Anseropoda tenuis (Goto, 1914)
Species Anseropoda antarctica Fisher, 1940 accepted as Astrotholus antarcticus (Fisher, 1940)
Species Anseropoda membranacea Nardo, 1834 accepted as Anseropoda placenta (Pennant, 1777) (A synonym according to Bell (1891))
Species Anseropoda membranacea (Retzius, 1783) accepted as Anseropoda placenta (Pennant, 1777) (A synonym according to Bell (1891))

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Nardo, J.D. (1834). De Asteriis. Isis von Oken. 1834: 716-717., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27510121
page(s): 716 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Mah, C.L. (2025). World Asteroidea Database. Anseropoda Nardo, 1834. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Asteroidea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=123280 on 2025-05-29

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Hansson, Hans

2008-10-24 13:48:31Z

changed

Mah, Christopher

2021-08-18 21:18:41Z

changed

Mah, Christopher

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original description Nardo, J.D. (1834). De Asteriis. Isis von Oken. 1834: 716-717., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27510121
page(s): 716 [details]

original description (of Asteriscus Müller & Troschel, 1842) 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): 323 [details]

original description (of Carna Gistel, 1848) Gistel, Johannes [Nepomuk Franz Xaver]. (1848). Naturgeschichte des Tierreichs: für höhere Schulen. 1-216, i-xvi, pls. 1-32. Stuttgart. Scheitlin & Krais., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/175526
page(s): 176 [details]

original description (of Palmipes L. Agassiz, 1836) 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): 192 [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 Clark, A. M.; Courtman-Stock, J. (1976). The echinoderms of southern Africa. Publ. No. 766. British Museum (Nat. Hist), London. 277 pp. [details]

additional source Hansson, H. G. (1998). NEAT (North East Atlantic Taxa): Scandinavian Echinodermata Check-List (Comp.). , available online at https://www.gu.se/sites/default/files/2020-10/NEAT%2AEchinodermata.pdf [details]

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