Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Echinodermata > Subphylum Asterozoa > Class Asteroidea > Subclass Ambuloasteroidea > Infraclass Neoasteroidea > Order Velatida > Family Pterasteridae > Genus Pteraster

Pteraster obscurus (Perrier, 1891)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Pteraster*	Müller & Troschel, 1842	accepted genus name
*Hexaster*	Perrier, 1891	synonym
*Lophopteraster*	Verrill, 1895	synonym
*Marsipaster*	Sladen, 1882	synonym
*Pteraster (Retaster)*	Perrier, 1878	synonym
*Pteraster (Temnaster)*	Verrill, 1894	synonym
*Pterasterides*	Verrill, 1909	synonym
*Retaster*	Perrier, 1878	synonym
*Temnaster*	Verrill, 1894	synonym

Species group names

*Hexaster obscurus*	Perrier, 1891	synonym
*Pteraster (Temnaster) hexactis*	Verrill, 1894	synonym
*Pteraster hexactis*	Verrill, 1894	synonym
*Temnaster hexactis*	(Verrill, 1894)	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: Obscure cushion star sources: Volvenko, I. V.; Orlov, A. M.; Gebruk, A. V.; Katugin, O. N.; Ogorodnikova, A. A.; Vinogradov, G. M.; Maznikova, O. A. (2019). Checklist of the trawl macrofauna from the North Pacific and adjacent seas with information about fishery importance, potential product yield, and price range, supplement to: Volvenko, Igor V; Orlov, Alexei M; Gebruk, Andrey V; Katugin, Oleg N; Ogorodnikova, Alla A; Vinogradov, Georgy M; Maznikova, Olga A (in prep.): Trawl macrofauna of the Far-Eastern Seas and North Pacific: proportion of commercial species, potential product yield, and price rang. Earth System Science Data. PANGAEA - Data Publisher for Earth & Environmental Science.

Russian: Птерастер темный

Literature

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	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.

Genbank

Citation

Mah, C.L. (2025). World Asteroidea Database. Pteraster obscurus (Perrier, 1891). 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:124149