Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Echinodermata > Subphylum Asterozoa > Class Asteroidea > Subclass Ambuloasteroidea > Infraclass Neoasteroidea > Superorder Valvatacea > Order Paxillosida > Family Porcellanasteridae > Genus Caulaster

Caulaster pedunculatus Perrier, 1882

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Caulaster*	Perrier, 1882	accepted genus name
*Albatrossaster*	Ludwig, 1907	synonym
*Albatrossia*	Ludwig, 1905	synonym

Species group names

*Porcellanaster eremicus*	Sladen, 1889	synonym

Literature

original description	Perrier, E. (1882). Sur une Asterie des grande profundeurs de l'Atlantique, pourvue d'un peduncle dorsale. Comptes rendus hebdomadaires des séances de l'Académie des sciences. 95: 1379-1381.
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.
taxonomy source	Mironov, A. N.; Dilman, A. B.; Petrov, N. B.; Vladychenskaya, I. P. (2023). Taxonomic Status and Composition of the Genera Caulaster, Porcellanaster and Eremicaster (Asteroidea) Based on Juvenile Morphology and Molecular Phylogenetic Data. Diversity. 15(10): 1032.

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Citation

Mah, C.L. (2025). World Asteroidea Database. Caulaster pedunculatus Perrier, 1882. 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:123926

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Environment

marine, not brackish, not fresh, not terrestrial

Importance

EU Habitat Directive:
annex II EU Habitat Directive Annex II: Species of community interest whose conservation requires the designation of special areas of conservation.

EU Habitat Directive Annex II: Species of community interest whose conservation requires the designation of special areas of conservation.

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2024-01-17 by Christopher Mah

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