WoRMS taxon details
Plutonaster Sladen, 1889
123254 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:123254)
accepted
Genus
- Species Plutonaster agassizi (Verrill, 1880)
- Species Plutonaster ambiguus Sladen, 1889
- Species Plutonaster bifrons (Wyville Thomson, 1873)
- Species Plutonaster complexus H.E.S Clark & D.G. McKnight, 2000
- Species Plutonaster efflorescens (Perrier, 1884)
- Species Plutonaster fragilis H.E.S. Clark, 1970
- Species Plutonaster hikurangi H.E.S Clark & D.G. McKnight, 2000
- Species Plutonaster intermedius (Perrier, 1881)
- Species Plutonaster jonathani H.E.S Clark & D.G. McKnight, 2000
- Species Plutonaster keiensis Döderlein, 1921
- Species Plutonaster knoxi Fell, 1958
- Species Plutonaster sirius A.H. Clark, 1917
- Subgenus Plutonaster (Tethyaster) Sladen, 1889 accepted as Tethyaster Sladen, 1889
- Species Plutonaster abbreviatus Sladen, 1889 accepted as Plutonaster agassizi notatus Sladen, 1889 (synonym)
- Species Plutonaster abyssicola Ludwig, 1905 accepted as Psilaster pectinatus (Fisher, 1905) (Synonym according to Fisher (1911))
- Species Plutonaster granulosus Perrier, 1891 accepted as Plutonaster agassizi (Verrill, 1880) (synonym)
- Species Plutonaster inermis (Perrier, 1885) accepted as Plutonaster notatus Sladen, 1889 accepted as Plutonaster agassizi notatus Sladen, 1889 (Synonym according to Koehler (1909))
- Species Plutonaster marginatus Sladen, 1889 accepted as Plutonaster agassizi (Verrill, 1880) (ref. to synonymy by Clark in Clark & Downey (1992: 69))
- Species Plutonaster notatus Sladen, 1889 accepted as Plutonaster agassizi notatus Sladen, 1889 (synonym)
- Species Plutonaster parelii (Düben & Koren, 1846) accepted as Pseudarchaster parelii (Düben & Koren, 1846)
- Species Plutonaster proteus H.L. Clark, 1923 accepted as Plutonaster bifrons (Wyville Thomson, 1873) (synonym according to Sibuet (1975))
- Species Plutonaster pulcher (Perrier, 1881) accepted as Persephonaster pulcher (Perrier, 1881) (subsequent combination in Perrier (1894))
- Species Plutonaster rigidus Sladen, 1889 accepted as Plutonaster agassizi (Verrill, 1880) (Synonym according to Verrill (1894))
- Species Plutonaster subinermis (Philippi, 1837) accepted as Tethyaster subinermis (Philippi, 1837)
- Species Plutonaster edwardsi (Perrier in Milne-Edwards, 1882) (uncertain > nomen dubium, Description very poor)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Sladen, W.P. (1889). Report on the Asteroidea. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–1876. Zoology.</em> 30 (part 51): xlii + 893 pages, 118 plates., available online at http://www.19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-51/README.htm
page(s): 81 [details]
page(s): 81 [details]
Mah, C.L. (2025). World Asteroidea Database. Plutonaster Sladen, 1889. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=123254 on 2025-07-18
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Nomenclature
original description
Sladen, W.P. (1889). Report on the Asteroidea. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–1876. Zoology.</em> 30 (part 51): xlii + 893 pages, 118 plates., available online at http://www.19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-51/README.htm
page(s): 81 [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]
page(s): 81 [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]
Other
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 Clark, A. M.; Courtman-Stock, J. (1976). The echinoderms of southern Africa. Publ. No. 766. British Museum (Nat. Hist), London. 277 pp. [details]
additional source Mah, C.L.; McKnight, D.G.; Eagle, M.K.; Pawson, D.L.; Améziane, N.; Vance, D.J.; Baker, A.N.; Clark, H.E.S.; Davey, N. (2009). Phylum Echinodermata: sea stars, brittle stars, sea urchins, sea cucumbers, sea lilies. In: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. pp. 371-400. [details]
additional source Clark, A. M. (1989). An index of names of recent Asteroidea, part 1: Paxillosida and Notomyotida. <em>In: Jangoux, M.; Lawrence, J.M. (Ed.) (1996). Echinoderm Studies.</em> 3: 225-347. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Clark, A. M.; Courtman-Stock, J. (1976). The echinoderms of southern Africa. Publ. No. 766. British Museum (Nat. Hist), London. 277 pp. [details]
additional source Mah, C.L.; McKnight, D.G.; Eagle, M.K.; Pawson, D.L.; Améziane, N.; Vance, D.J.; Baker, A.N.; Clark, H.E.S.; Davey, N. (2009). Phylum Echinodermata: sea stars, brittle stars, sea urchins, sea cucumbers, sea lilies. In: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. pp. 371-400. [details]
additional source Clark, A. M. (1989). An index of names of recent Asteroidea, part 1: Paxillosida and Notomyotida. <em>In: Jangoux, M.; Lawrence, J.M. (Ed.) (1996). Echinoderm Studies.</em> 3: 225-347. (look up in IMIS) [details]
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