Deep-Sea taxon details
Hippasteria Gray, 1840
123297 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:123297)
accepted
Genus
Cryptopeltaster Fisher, 1905 · unaccepted (Synonym according to Mah et al. (2014))
- Species Hippasteria californica Fisher, 1905
- Species Hippasteria falklandica Fisher, 1940
- Species Hippasteria imperialis Goto, 1914
- Species Hippasteria lepidonotus (Fisher, 1905)
- Species Hippasteria mcknighti Mah, Neill, Eleaume & Foltz, 2014
- Species Hippasteria muscipula Mah, Neill, Eleaume & Foltz, 2014
- Species Hippasteria phrygiana (Parelius, 1768)
- Species Hippasteria hyadesi Perrier, 1891 accepted as Hippasteria phrygiana (Parelius, 1768)
- Species Hippasteria spinosa Verrill, 1909 accepted as Hippasteria phrygiana (Parelius, 1768) (Synonym according to Mah et al. (2014))
- Species Hippasteria tasmanica McKnight, 2006 accepted as Evoplosoma tasmanica (McKnight, 2006) (Moved to Evoplosoma by Mah et al. (2014))
- Species Hippasteria trojana Fell, 1958 accepted as Hippasteria phrygiana (Parelius, 1768)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
Gray, J.E. (1840). XXXII. A synopsis of the genera and species of the class Hypostoma (<i>Asterias</i>, Linnaeus). <em>Annals of the Magazine of Natural History.</em> 6: 275-290., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2336044#page/309/mode/1up
page(s): 279 [details]
page(s): 279 [details]
Mah, C.L. (2025). World Asteroidea Database. Hippasteria Gray, 1840. 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=123297 on 2025-05-20
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Hippasteria Gray, 1840. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=123297 on 2025-05-20
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original description
Gray, J.E. (1840). XXXII. A synopsis of the genera and species of the class Hypostoma (<i>Asterias</i>, Linnaeus). <em>Annals of the Magazine of Natural History.</em> 6: 275-290., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2336044#page/309/mode/1up
page(s): 279 [details]
original description (of Cryptopeltaster Fisher, 1905) Fisher, W. K. (1905). New starfishes from deep water off California and Alaska. <em>Bulletin of the Bureau of Fisheries.</em> 24: 291-320., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25135459
page(s): 311 [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 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]
identification resource Mah, C.L., Neill K, Eleaume M, Foltz D. (2014) New Species and global revision of <i>Hippasteria</i> (Hippasterinae: Goniasteridae; Asteroidea; Echinodermata). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 171: 422-456. , available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/zoj.12131 [details]
page(s): 279 [details]
original description (of Cryptopeltaster Fisher, 1905) Fisher, W. K. (1905). New starfishes from deep water off California and Alaska. <em>Bulletin of the Bureau of Fisheries.</em> 24: 291-320., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25135459
page(s): 311 [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 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]
identification resource Mah, C.L., Neill K, Eleaume M, Foltz D. (2014) New Species and global revision of <i>Hippasteria</i> (Hippasterinae: Goniasteridae; Asteroidea; Echinodermata). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 171: 422-456. , available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/zoj.12131 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | ヤマトホシヒトデ属 | [details] |
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Cryptopeltaster) (from synonym Cryptopeltaster Fisher, 1905)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Hippasteria)
To Genbank (from synonym Cryptopeltaster Fisher, 1905)
To Genbank
To ITIS
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Cryptopeltaster) (from synonym Cryptopeltaster Fisher, 1905)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Hippasteria)
To Genbank (from synonym Cryptopeltaster Fisher, 1905)
To Genbank
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
Unreviewed
