WoRMS taxon details
Crossaster Müller & Troschel, 1840
123336 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:123336)
accepted
Genus
Polyaster Gray, 1840 · unaccepted (Synonym based on Sladen (1889))
Solaster (Polyaster) Gray, 1840 · unaccepted
Solaster(Polyaster) Gray, 1840 · unaccepted (synonym)
- Species Crossaster borealis Fisher, 1906
- Species Crossaster campbellicus McKnight, 1973
- Species Crossaster diamesus (Djakonov, 1932)
- Species Crossaster helianthus Verrill, 1894
- Species Crossaster japonicus (Fisher, 1911)
- Species Crossaster papposus (Linnaeus, 1767)
- Species Crossaster penicillatus Sladen, 1889
- Species Crossaster scotophilus (Fisher, 1913)
- Species Crossaster squamatus (Döderlein, 1900)
- Species Crossaster taitai Mah, 2023
- Species Crossaster aboverrucosus (Brandt, 1835) accepted as Crossaster papposus (Linnaeus, 1767)
- Species Crossaster affinis (Brandt, 1835) accepted as Crossaster papposus (Linnaeus, 1767) (Synonym according to Fisher (1911))
- Species Crossaster alternatus Fisher, 1906 accepted as Heterozonias alternatus (Fisher, 1906)
- Species Crossaster australis Perrier, 1891 accepted as Solaster regularis Sladen, 1889 (Synonym according to Fisher (1911))
- Species Crossaster australis Perrier, 1888 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
- Species Crossaster canopus H.E.S. Clark, 1963 accepted as Solaster regularis subarcuatus Sladen, 1889 accepted as Solaster regularis Sladen, 1889 (Synonym according to McKnight (1976))
- Species Crossaster koreni Verrill, 1914 accepted as Crossaster papposus (Linnaeus, 1767) (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
- Species Crossaster multispinus H.L. Clark, 1916 accepted as Crossaster penicillatus Sladen, 1889
- Species Crossaster neptuni Bell, 1881 accepted as Crossaster papposus (Linnaeus, 1767)
- Species Crossaster ochotensis Djakonov, 1950 accepted as Crossaster borealis ochotensis Djakonov, 1950
- Species Crossaster vancouverensis de Loriol, 1897 accepted as Solaster stimpsoni Verrill, 1880 (Synonym according to Fisher (1911), Verrill (1914))
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Müller, J.; Troschel, F. H. (1840). Ueber die Gattungen der Asterien. <em>Archiv für Naturgeschichte.</em> 6: 318-326., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7203128
page(s): 321 [details]
page(s): 321 [details]
Mah, C.L. (2025). World Asteroidea Database. Crossaster Müller & Troschel, 1840. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=123336 on 2025-07-11
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Nomenclature
original description
Müller, J.; Troschel, F. H. (1840). Ueber die Gattungen der Asterien. <em>Archiv für Naturgeschichte.</em> 6: 318-326., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7203128
page(s): 321 [details]
original description (of Polyaster Gray, 1840) Gray, J.E. (1840). XXII. A synopsis of the genera and species of the class Hypostoma (Asterias, Linnaeus). <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> 6: 175-184., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2335959
page(s): 183 [details]
original description (of Solaster (Polyaster) Gray, 1840) Gray, J.E. (1840). XXII. A synopsis of the genera and species of the class Hypostoma (Asterias, Linnaeus). <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> 6: 175-184., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2335959
page(s): 183 [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): 321 [details]
original description (of Polyaster Gray, 1840) Gray, J.E. (1840). XXII. A synopsis of the genera and species of the class Hypostoma (Asterias, Linnaeus). <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> 6: 175-184., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2335959
page(s): 183 [details]
original description (of Solaster (Polyaster) Gray, 1840) Gray, J.E. (1840). XXII. A synopsis of the genera and species of the class Hypostoma (Asterias, Linnaeus). <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> 6: 175-184., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2335959
page(s): 183 [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
Rowe, F. W. E.; Gates, J. (1995). Echinodermata. <em>In: Wells, A.; Houston, W.W.K. (Ed.) Zoological catalogue of Australia, 33. CSIRO: Melbourne. ISBN 0-643-05696-3. XIII.</em> 510 pp. [details]
additional source Hansson, H. G. (1998). NEAT (North East Atlantic Taxa): Scandinavian Echinodermata Check-List (Comp.). , available online at https://www.gu.se/sites/default/files/2020-10/NEAT%2AEchinodermata.pdf [details]
additional source Hansson, H. G. (1998). NEAT (North East Atlantic Taxa): Scandinavian Echinodermata Check-List (Comp.). , available online at https://www.gu.se/sites/default/files/2020-10/NEAT%2AEchinodermata.pdf [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Remark Type species: Asterias papposa Linnaeus, 1767 by subsequent designation in Fisher, W.K. (1919) (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Crossaster)
To Genbank
To The Arctic Traits Database (7 traits)
To ITIS
To Genbank
To The Arctic Traits Database (7 traits)
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
Unreviewed
