Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Echinodermata > Subphylum Asterozoa > Class Asteroidea > Subclass Ambuloasteroidea > Infraclass Neoasteroidea > Superorder Forcipulatacea > Order Forcipulatida > Family Pedicellasteridae > Genus Pedicellaster

Pedicellaster typicus M. Sars, 1861

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Pedicellaster*	M. Sars, 1861	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Asteracanthion palaeocrystallus*	(Duncan & Sladen, 1877)	synonym
*Pedicellaster palaeocrystallus*	(Duncan & Sladen, 1877)	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Swedish: skräpsjöstjärna

Literature

original description	Sars, M. (1861). Oversigt af Norges echinodermer. Udgiven af Videnskabsselskabet i Christiania. 160, XVI plates pp.
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.
additional source	Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
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.
additional source	Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126. 405 pp.

Genbank

Citation

Mah, C.L. (2025). World Asteroidea Database. Pedicellaster typicus M. Sars, 1861. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:123825