Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Echinodermata > Subphylum Asterozoa > Class Asteroidea > Superorder Valvatacea > Order Valvatida > Family Goniasteridae > Genus Nymphaster

Nymphaster arenatus (Perrier, 1881)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

NymphasterSladen, 1889accepted genus name
Dorigona Perrier, 1885, non Gray, 1866 synonym

Species group names

Dorigona jacqueti Perrier, 1894 synonym
Dorigona prehensilis Perrier, 1885 synonym
Nymphaster albidus Sladen, 1889 synonym
Nymphaster basilicus Sladen, 1889 synonym
Nymphaster protentus Sladen, 1889 synonym
Pentagonaster arenatus Perrier, 1881 synonym
Pentagonaster subspinosus Perrier, 1881 synonym
Pentagonaster ternalis Perrier, 1881 synonym

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. and M.E. Downey. (1992). Starfishes of the Atlantic. Chapman & Hall Identification Guides, 3. Chapman & Hall: London, UK. ISBN 0-412-43280-3. xxvi, 794 pp.

additional source

Halpern, J.A. (1970). Goniasteridae (Echinodermata: Asteroidea) of the Straits of Florida. Bulletin of Marine Science 20(1): 193-286

additional source

Pawson, D. L., D. J. Vance, C. G. Messing, F. A. Solis-Marin, and C. L. Mah. 2009. Echinodermata of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1177–1204 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College S

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Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications)
Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection
GenBank (3 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
GBIF

Citation

Mah, C. (2014). Nymphaster arenatus (Perrier, 1881). 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:124048

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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

2008-10-23 by Christopher Mah

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