Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Echinodermata > Subphylum Asterozoa > Class Asteroidea > Order Velatida > Family Pterasteridae

Pteraster Müller & Troschel, 1842

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

Hexaster Perrier, 1891 synonym
Lophopteraster Verrill, 1895 synonym
Marsipaster Sladen, 1882 synonym
Pteraster (Temnaster) Verrill, 1894 synonym
Pterasterides Verrill, 1909 synonym
Retaster Perrier, 1878 synonym

Children

Pteraster acicula (Downey, 1970)
Pteraster alveolatus Perrier, 1894
Pteraster hystrix Harvey, 1989
Pteraster militaris (O.F. Müller, 1776)
Pteraster obscurus (Perrier, 1891)
Pteraster personatus Sladen, 1891
Pteraster pulvillus (M. Sars, 1861)

Vernaculars (+) (-)

 English: slime stars

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

Hansson, H.G. (Comp.) 1998. NEAT (North East Atlantic Taxa): Scandinavian Echinodermata Check-List

additional source

Clark, A.M. (1996). An index of names of recent Asteroidea, part 3. Velatida and Spinulosida, in: Jangoux, M.; Lawrence, J.M. (Ed.) (1996). Echinoderm Studies, 5: pp. 183-250

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Citation

Mah, C. (2014). Pteraster Müller & Troschel, 1842. In: Mah, C.L. (2014) World Asteroidea database. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:123335

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine, not brackish, not fresh, not terrestrial

Importance

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Last modified

2008-10-25 by Christopher Mah

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