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

Pteraster pulvillus M. Sars, 1861

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

*Pteraster (Retaster) pulvillus*	M. Sars, 1861	synonym; alternate representation

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Swedish: femhörnig knubbsjöstjärna

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	Hansson, H. G. (1998). NEAT (North East Atlantic Taxa): Scandinavian Echinodermata Check-List (Comp.).
additional source	Trott, T. J. (2004). Cobscook Bay inventory: a historical checklist of marine invertebrates spanning 162 years. Northeastern Naturalist. 11, 261-324.
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	Southward, E.C.; Campbell, A.C. (2006). [Echinoderms: keys and notes for the identification of British species]. Synopses of the British fauna (new series), 56. Field Studies Council: Shrewsbury, UK. ISBN 1-85153-269-2. 272 pp.

Genbank

Citation

Mah, C.L. (2025). World Asteroidea Database. Pteraster pulvillus 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:124151