WoRMS taxon details
Pteraster Müller & Troschel, 1842
123335 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:123335)
accepted
Genus
Asterias militaris O.F. Müller, 1776 accepted as Asteriscus militaris (O.F. Müller, 1776) accepted as Pteraster militaris (O.F. Müller, 1776) (type by monotypy)
Apterodon Fisher, 1940 · unaccepted
Hexaster Perrier, 1891 · unaccepted (Synonym according to Fisher (1911))
Lophopteraster Verrill, 1895 · unaccepted (Synonym according to Fisher (1940))
Marsipaster Sladen, 1882 · unaccepted (Synonym according to Downey (1973).)
Pteraster (Apterodon) Fisher, 1940 · alternative representation
Pteraster (Pteraster) Müller & Troschel, 1842 · alternative representation
Pteraster (Retaster) Perrier, 1878 · alternative representation
Pteraster (Temnaster) Verrill, 1894 · unaccepted (synonym)
Pterasterides Verrill, 1909 · unaccepted (synonym)
Retaster Perrier, 1878 · unaccepted (Subgenus according to Fisher (1940).)
Temnaster Verrill, 1894 · unaccepted (Synonym according to Fisher (1911))
- Species Pteraster abyssorum (Verrill, 1895)
- Species Pteraster acicula (Downey, 1970)
- Species Pteraster affinis Smith, 1876
- Species Pteraster alveolatus Perrier, 1894
- Species Pteraster bathami Fell, 1958
- Species Pteraster capensis Gray, 1847
- Species Pteraster caribbaeus Perrier, 1881
- Species Pteraster corynetes Fisher, 1916
- Species Pteraster coscinopeplus Fisher, 1910
- Species Pteraster diaphanus (Ludwig, 1905)
- Species Pteraster educator Djakonov, 1958
- Species Pteraster flabellifer Mortensen, 1933
- Species Pteraster florifer Koehler, 1920
- Species Pteraster fornicatus Mortensen, 1933
- Species Pteraster gibber (Sladen, 1882)
- Species Pteraster hastatus Mortensen, 1913
- Species Pteraster hirsutus (Sladen, 1882)
- Species Pteraster hymenasteroides Djakonov, 1958
- Species Pteraster hystrix Harvey, 1989
- Species Pteraster ifurus Golotsvan, 1998
- Species Pteraster jordani Fisher, 1905
- Species Pteraster koehleri A.M. Clark, 1962
- Species Pteraster marsippus Fisher, 1910
- Species Pteraster militarioides H.L. Clark, 1941
- Species Pteraster militaris (O.F. Müller, 1776)
- Species Pteraster minutus Djakonov, 1958
- Species Pteraster multiporus H.L. Clark, 1908
- Species Pteraster myonotus Fisher, 1916
- Species Pteraster obesus H.L. Clark, 1908
- Species Pteraster obscurus (Perrier, 1891)
- Species Pteraster octaster Verrill, 1909
- Species Pteraster personatus Sladen, 1891
- Species Pteraster pulvillus M. Sars, 1861
- Species Pteraster reticulatus Fisher, 1906
- Species Pteraster robertsoni McKnight, 1973
- Species Pteraster rugatus Sladen, 1882
- Species Pteraster rugosus H.L. Clark, 1941
- Species Pteraster sjadesensis Lane & Vimono, 2020
- Species Pteraster solitarius Djakonov, 1958
- Species Pteraster spinosissimus (Sladen, 1882)
- Species Pteraster stellifer Sladen, 1882
- Species Pteraster temnochiton Fisher, 1910
- Species Pteraster tesselatus Ives, 1888
- Species Pteraster tetracanthus H.L. Clark, 1916
- Species Pteraster texius Golotsvan, 1998
- Species Pteraster trigonodon Fisher, 1910
- Species Pteraster uragensis Hayashi, 1940
- Species Pteraster willsi Clark & Jewett, 2011
- Subgenus Pteraster (Temnaster) Verrill, 1894 accepted as Temnaster Verrill, 1894 accepted as Pteraster Müller & Troschel, 1842 (synonym)
- Species Pteraster (Temnaster) hexactis Verrill, 1894 accepted as Temnaster hexactis (Verrill, 1894) accepted as Pteraster obscurus (Perrier, 1891) (synonym)
- Species Pteraster aculeatus Koehler, 1920 accepted as Pteraster affinis aculeatus Koehler, 1920 accepted as Pteraster affinis Smith, 1876
- Species Pteraster aporus Ludwig, 1886 accepted as Pterasterides aporus (Ludwig, 1886) accepted as Pteraster militaris (O.F. Müller, 1776) (Synonym according to Fisher (1911))
- Species Pteraster argentinus Bernasconi, 1935 accepted as Pteraster affinis lebruni Perrier, 1891 (Synonym according to A.M. Clark (1962) and Bernasconi (1964).)
- Species Pteraster brachiatus Koehler, 1917 accepted as Pteraster affinis Smith, 1876 (Synonym according to A.M. Clark (1962))
- Species Pteraster cribrosus von Martens, 1867 accepted as Euretaster cribrosus (von Martens, 1867)
- Species Pteraster glomus Hayashi, 1940 accepted as Pteraster tesselatus glomus Hayashi, 1940
- Species Pteraster gracilis H.L. Clark, 1901 accepted as Pteraster tesselatus Ives, 1888 (Synonym according to Fisher (1940))
- Species Pteraster hebes Verrill, 1909 accepted as Pteraster tesselatus Ives, 1888 (Synonym according to Fisher (1930))
- Species Pteraster hexactis Verrill, 1894 accepted as Pteraster obscurus (Perrier, 1891) (Synonym according to Fisher (1911))
- Species Pteraster hunteri Koehler, 1920 accepted as Pteraster stellifer hunteri Koehler, 1920
- Species Pteraster inermis Perrier, 1888 (unaccepted > nomen nudum, Undescribed)
- Species Pteraster inflatus Hutton, 1872 accepted as Stegnaster inflatus (Hutton, 1872)
- Species Pteraster ingouffi Perrier, 1891 accepted as Diplopteraster verrucosus (Sladen, 1882) (Synonym according to Fisher (1940))
- Species Pteraster japonicus Uchida, 1931 accepted as Pteraster tesselatus Ives, 1888 (Possible synonym based on Djakonov (1950).)
- Species Pteraster lebruni Perrier, 1891 accepted as Pteraster affinis lebruni Perrier, 1891 (Synonym according to Guille (1974).)
- Species Pteraster marplatensis Bernasconi, 1935 accepted as Pteraster affinis Smith, 1876 (Synonym according to A.M. Clark (1962) & confirmed by Bernasconi (1964).)
- Species Pteraster multipes M. Sars, 1866 accepted as Diplopteraster multipes (M. Sars, 1866) (synonym)
- Species Pteraster multispinus H.L. Clark, 1901 accepted as Pteraster tesselatus Ives, 1888 (Probable synonym according to Fisher (1940).)
- Species Pteraster ornatus Smirnov, 1982 accepted as Pteraster obscurus ornatus Smirnov, 1982
- Species Pteraster reductus Koehler, 1907 accepted as Pteraster personatus Sladen, 1891 (synonym)
- Species Pteraster semireticulatus Sladen, 1882 accepted as Diplopteraster semireticulatus (Sladen, 1882)
- Species Pteraster sordidus Perrier, 1894 accepted as Pteraster personatus Sladen, 1891 (synonym)
- Species Pteraster stoibe H.L. Clark, 1941 accepted as Pteraster militarioides stoibe H.L. Clark, 1941
- Species Pteraster tenuissimus (Bernasconi, 1966) accepted as Calyptraster tenuissimus Bernasconi, 1966
- Subgenus Pteraster (Apterodon) Fisher, 1940 represented as Pteraster Müller & Troschel, 1842
- Species Pteraster (Apterodon) acicula (Downey, 1970) represented as Pteraster acicula (Downey, 1970)
- Species Pteraster (Apterodon) bathami Fell, 1958 represented as Pteraster bathami Fell, 1958
- Species Pteraster (Apterodon) coscinopeplus Fisher, 1910 represented as Pteraster coscinopeplus Fisher, 1910
- Species Pteraster (Apterodon) fornicatus Mortensen, 1933 represented as Pteraster fornicatus Mortensen, 1933
- Species Pteraster (Apterodon) hystrix Harvey, 1989 represented as Pteraster hystrix Harvey, 1989
- Species Pteraster (Apterodon) obesus H.L. Clark, 1908 represented as Pteraster obesus H.L. Clark, 1908
- Species Pteraster (Apterodon) reticulatus Fisher, 1906 represented as Pteraster reticulatus Fisher, 1906
- Species Pteraster (Apterodon) rugosus H.L. Clark, 1941 represented as Pteraster rugosus H.L. Clark, 1941
- Species Pteraster (Apterodon) stellifer Sladen, 1882 represented as Pteraster stellifer Sladen, 1882
- Species Pteraster (Apterodon) tetracanthus H.L. Clark, 1916 represented as Pteraster tetracanthus H.L. Clark, 1916
- Subgenus Pteraster (Pteraster) Müller & Troschel, 1842 represented as Pteraster Müller & Troschel, 1842
- Subgenus Pteraster (Retaster) Perrier, 1878 represented as Pteraster Müller & Troschel, 1842
- Species Pteraster (Retaster) capensis Gray, 1847 represented as Pteraster capensis Gray, 1847
- Species Pteraster (Retaster) corynetes Fisher, 1916 represented as Pteraster corynetes Fisher, 1916
- Species Pteraster (Retaster) diaphanus (Ludwig, 1905) represented as Pteraster diaphanus (Ludwig, 1905)
- Species Pteraster (Retaster) gibber Sladen, 1882 represented as Pteraster gibber (Sladen, 1882)
- Species Pteraster (Retaster) gracilis H.L. Clark, 1901 represented as Pteraster gracilis H.L. Clark, 1901 accepted as Pteraster tesselatus Ives, 1888
- Species Pteraster (Retaster) multiporus H.L. Clark, 1908 represented as Pteraster multiporus H.L. Clark, 1908
- Species Pteraster (Retaster) obscurus (Perrier, 1891) represented as Pteraster obscurus (Perrier, 1891)
- Species Pteraster (Retaster) pulvillus M. Sars, 1861 represented as Pteraster pulvillus M. Sars, 1861
- Species Pteraster (Retaster) temnochiton Fisher, 1910 represented as Pteraster temnochiton Fisher, 1910
- Species Pteraster danae Verrill, 1869 accepted as Pteraster stellifer Sladen, 1882 (uncertain > nomen dubium)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Müller, J. and Troschel, F. H. (1842). System der Asteriden.1. Asteriae. 2. Ophiuridae. <em>Vieweg: Braunschweig.</em> xxx+134 pp. 12 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/44159
page(s): 127 [details]
page(s): 127 [details]
Status The status of the subgenera proposed by Fisher (1940) needs reassessment. A.M. Clark (1989: 205) treats the absence of...
Status The status of the subgenera proposed by Fisher (1940) needs reassessment. A.M. Clark (1989: 205) treats the absence of webbing on the oral spines as of supraspecific weight but Downey (1992) does not agree and treats Pteraster stoibe H.L. Clark (1941) without webbing, as a subspecies of P. militaroides, which does have webs linking the oral spines of each plate. Downey notes that the absence of webbing in the holotype of stoibe might be an artefact of preservation but in other species of Apterodon, this appears to be the natural condition.
As a compromise, rather then segregate the species listed as Pteraster (Retaster) and Pteraster (Apterodon) by Fisher (1940) or subsequently referred to these subgenera, all are included under the heading of Pteraster. [details]
As a compromise, rather then segregate the species listed as Pteraster (Retaster) and Pteraster (Apterodon) by Fisher (1940) or subsequently referred to these subgenera, all are included under the heading of Pteraster. [details]
Mah, C.L. (2024). World Asteroidea Database. Pteraster Müller & Troschel, 1842. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=123335 on 2024-11-21
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original description
Müller, J. and Troschel, F. H. (1842). System der Asteriden.1. Asteriae. 2. Ophiuridae. <em>Vieweg: Braunschweig.</em> xxx+134 pp. 12 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/44159
page(s): 127 [details]
original description (of Hexaster Perrier, 1891) Perrier, E. (1891). Stellerides nouveaux provenant des campagnes du yacht <i>l'Hirondelle</i>. <em>Mémoires de la Société zoologique de France.</em> 4: 258-271., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10114471
page(s): 267 [details]
original description (of Marsipaster Sladen, 1882) Sladen, W.P. (1882) The Asteroidea of H.M.S. <i>Challenger</i> Expedition, pt. 1. Pterasteridae. Journal of the Linnean Society of London. 16: 189-246, available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31982430
page(s): 202 [details]
original description (of Pterasterides Verrill, 1909) Verrill, A.E. (1909). Remarkable development of starfishes on the Northwest American coast; hybridism; multiplicity of rays; teratology; problems in evolution; geographical distribution. <em>American Naturalist.</em> 43(513): 542-555., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43286584
page(s): 547 [details]
original description (of Retaster Perrier, 1878) 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 [details]
original description (of Pteraster (Temnaster) Verrill, 1894) Verrill, A. E. (1894). Descriptions of new species of starfishes and ophiurans, with a revision of certain species formerly described; mostly from the collections made by the United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 17(1000), 245-297., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15675247
page(s): 275 [details]
original description (of Lophopteraster Verrill, 1895) Verrill, A.E. (1895). Distribution of the Echinoderms of Northeastern America. <em>American Journal of Science.</em> ser. 3 v.49: 199-212., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40168844
page(s): 202 [details]
original description (of Pteraster (Apterodon) Fisher, 1940) Fisher, W.K. (1940). Asteroidea. Discovery Reports 20: 69-306., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5609973
page(s): 193 [details]
original description (of Pteraster (Retaster) Perrier, 1878) Perrier, E. (1878). Etude sur la repartition geographique des Asterides. <em>Nouvelles archives du Muséum d'histoire naturelle.</em> 2(1): 1-108., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36857815
page(s): 56 [details]
original description (of Apterodon Fisher, 1940) Fisher, W.K. (1940). Asteroidea. Discovery Reports 20: 69-306., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5609973
page(s): 193 [details]
original description (of Pteraster (Pteraster) Müller & Troschel, 1842) Müller, J. and Troschel, F. H. (1842). System der Asteriden.1. Asteriae. 2. Ophiuridae. <em>Vieweg: Braunschweig.</em> xxx+134 pp. 12 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/44159
page(s): 127 [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 Hansson, H. G. (1998). NEAT (North East Atlantic Taxa): Scandinavian Echinodermata Check-List (Comp.). , available online at http://www.tmbl.gu.se/libdb/taxon/neat_pdf/NEAT*Echinodermata.pdf [details]
additional source Clark, A. M. (1996). An index of names of recent Asteroidea, part 3. Velatida and Spinulosida. <em>In: Jangoux, M.; Lawrence, J.M. (Ed.) (1996). Echinoderm Studies.</em> 5: 183-250. (look up in IMIS) [details]
page(s): 127 [details]
original description (of Hexaster Perrier, 1891) Perrier, E. (1891). Stellerides nouveaux provenant des campagnes du yacht <i>l'Hirondelle</i>. <em>Mémoires de la Société zoologique de France.</em> 4: 258-271., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10114471
page(s): 267 [details]
original description (of Marsipaster Sladen, 1882) Sladen, W.P. (1882) The Asteroidea of H.M.S. <i>Challenger</i> Expedition, pt. 1. Pterasteridae. Journal of the Linnean Society of London. 16: 189-246, available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31982430
page(s): 202 [details]
original description (of Pterasterides Verrill, 1909) Verrill, A.E. (1909). Remarkable development of starfishes on the Northwest American coast; hybridism; multiplicity of rays; teratology; problems in evolution; geographical distribution. <em>American Naturalist.</em> 43(513): 542-555., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43286584
page(s): 547 [details]
original description (of Retaster Perrier, 1878) 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 [details]
original description (of Pteraster (Temnaster) Verrill, 1894) Verrill, A. E. (1894). Descriptions of new species of starfishes and ophiurans, with a revision of certain species formerly described; mostly from the collections made by the United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 17(1000), 245-297., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15675247
page(s): 275 [details]
original description (of Lophopteraster Verrill, 1895) Verrill, A.E. (1895). Distribution of the Echinoderms of Northeastern America. <em>American Journal of Science.</em> ser. 3 v.49: 199-212., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40168844
page(s): 202 [details]
original description (of Pteraster (Apterodon) Fisher, 1940) Fisher, W.K. (1940). Asteroidea. Discovery Reports 20: 69-306., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5609973
page(s): 193 [details]
original description (of Pteraster (Retaster) Perrier, 1878) Perrier, E. (1878). Etude sur la repartition geographique des Asterides. <em>Nouvelles archives du Muséum d'histoire naturelle.</em> 2(1): 1-108., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36857815
page(s): 56 [details]
original description (of Apterodon Fisher, 1940) Fisher, W.K. (1940). Asteroidea. Discovery Reports 20: 69-306., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5609973
page(s): 193 [details]
original description (of Pteraster (Pteraster) Müller & Troschel, 1842) Müller, J. and Troschel, F. H. (1842). System der Asteriden.1. Asteriae. 2. Ophiuridae. <em>Vieweg: Braunschweig.</em> xxx+134 pp. 12 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/44159
page(s): 127 [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 Hansson, H. G. (1998). NEAT (North East Atlantic Taxa): Scandinavian Echinodermata Check-List (Comp.). , available online at http://www.tmbl.gu.se/libdb/taxon/neat_pdf/NEAT*Echinodermata.pdf [details]
additional source Clark, A. M. (1996). An index of names of recent Asteroidea, part 3. Velatida and Spinulosida. <em>In: Jangoux, M.; Lawrence, J.M. (Ed.) (1996). Echinoderm Studies.</em> 5: 183-250. (look up in IMIS) [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Status The status of the subgenera proposed by Fisher (1940) needs reassessment. A.M. Clark (1989: 205) treats the absence of webbing on the oral spines as of supraspecific weight but Downey (1992) does not agree and treats Pteraster stoibe H.L. Clark (1941) without webbing, as a subspecies of P. militaroides, which does have webs linking the oral spines of each plate. Downey notes that the absence of webbing in the holotype of stoibe might be an artefact of preservation but in other species of Apterodon, this appears to be the natural condition.As a compromise, rather then segregate the species listed as Pteraster (Retaster) and Pteraster (Apterodon) by Fisher (1940) or subsequently referred to these subgenera, all are included under the heading of Pteraster. [details]
Unreviewed
Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
