Register of Antarctic Species (RAS) - Sclerasterias Perrier, 1891

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Deep-Sea taxon details

Sclerasterias Perrier, 1891

To NMNH Paleobiology Collection (USNM PAL.406174 1)

AphiaID

123225 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:123225)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Asteriidae Gray, 1840

Direct children (4)

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Species Sclerasterias contorta (Perrier, 1881)
Species Sclerasterias heteropaes Fisher, 1924
Species Sclerasterias neglecta (Perrier, 1891)
Species Sclerasterias tanneri (Verrill, 1880)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Original description

Perrier, E. (1891). Stellerides nouveaux provenant des campagnes du yacht l'Hirondelle. Mémoires de la Société zoologique de France. 4: 258-271., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10114471
page(s): 264 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Mah, C.L. (2025). World Asteroidea Database. Sclerasterias Perrier, 1891. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=123225 on 2025-06-06

Thematic species database citation

Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Sclerasterias Perrier, 1891. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=123225 on 2025-06-06

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Hansson, Hans

2008-10-25 14:18:49Z

changed

Mah, Christopher

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original description Perrier, E. (1891). Stellerides nouveaux provenant des campagnes du yacht l'Hirondelle. Mémoires de la Société zoologique de France. 4: 258-271., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10114471
page(s): 264 [details]

basis of record 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 Fisher, W.K. (1924). The genus Sclerasterias Perrier. Bulletin de Institut Oceanographique, Monaco 414(3): 1-8 [details]

additional source Clark, A. M.; Downey, M. E. (1992). Starfishes of the Atlantic. Chapman & Hall Identification Guides, 3. Chapman & Hall. London, UK. ISBN 0-412-43280-3. xxvi, 794 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]