RAS taxon details
Benthopectinidae Verrill, 1899
Genus Benthopecten Verrill, 1884
Genus Cheiraster Studer, 1883
Genus Gaussaster Ludwig, 1910
Genus Pectinaster Perrier, 1885
Genus Luidiaster Studer, 1883 accepted as Cheiraster (Luidiaster) Studer, 1883 (A subgenus of Cheiraster according to A.M. Clark (1981))
Genus Marcellaster Koehler, 1907 accepted as Cheiraster (Luidiaster) Studer, 1883 (Synonym according to Fisher (1940))
Genus Cheiraster Studer, 1883
Genus Gaussaster Ludwig, 1910
Genus Pectinaster Perrier, 1885
Genus Luidiaster Studer, 1883 accepted as Cheiraster (Luidiaster) Studer, 1883 (A subgenus of Cheiraster according to A.M. Clark (1981))
Genus Marcellaster Koehler, 1907 accepted as Cheiraster (Luidiaster) Studer, 1883 (Synonym according to Fisher (1940))
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Verrill, A. E. (1899). Revision of certain genera and species of starfishes, with descriptions of new forms. <em>Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences.</em> 10(1): 145-234., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13456950#page/175/mode/1up [details]
Mah, C.L. (2018). World Asteroidea Database. Benthopectinidae Verrill, 1899. Accessed through: (Eds) (2018) Register of Antarctic Species at: http://ras.biodiversity.aq/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=123126 on 2020-06-06
RAS (Eds.) (2020). Register of Antarctic Species. Benthopectinidae Verrill, 1899. Accessed at: http://ras.biodiversity.aq/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=123126 on 2020-06-06
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Verrill, A. E. (1899). Revision of certain genera and species of starfishes, with descriptions of new forms. <em>Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences.</em> 10(1): 145-234., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13456950#page/175/mode/1up [details]
basis of record Hansson, H.G. (2001). Echinodermata, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i>. 50: pp. 336-351. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Clark, A.M.; Downey, M.E. (1992). Starfishes of the Atlantic. <i>Chapman & Hall Identification Guides</i>, 3. Chapman & Hall. London, UK. ISBN 0-412-43280-3. xxvi, 794 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Hansson, H. (2004). North East Atlantic Taxa (NEAT): Nematoda. Internet pdf Ed. Aug 1998., available online at http://www.tmbl.gu.se/libdb/taxon/taxa.html [details] Available for editors
identification resource Clark, A.M. (1981). Notes on Atlantic and other Asteroidea. 1. Family Benthopectinidae. Bulletin of the British Museum of Natural History (Zoology) 41: 91-135., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2365197 [details]
basis of record Hansson, H.G. (2001). Echinodermata, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i>. 50: pp. 336-351. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Clark, A.M.; Downey, M.E. (1992). Starfishes of the Atlantic. <i>Chapman & Hall Identification Guides</i>, 3. Chapman & Hall. London, UK. ISBN 0-412-43280-3. xxvi, 794 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Hansson, H. (2004). North East Atlantic Taxa (NEAT): Nematoda. Internet pdf Ed. Aug 1998., available online at http://www.tmbl.gu.se/libdb/taxon/taxa.html [details] Available for editors
identification resource Clark, A.M. (1981). Notes on Atlantic and other Asteroidea. 1. Family Benthopectinidae. Bulletin of the British Museum of Natural History (Zoology) 41: 91-135., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2365197 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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