Asteroidea taxon details
Lysasterias Fisher, 1908
172532 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:172532)
accepted
Genus
Lysasterias perrieri (Studer, 1885) (type by subsequent designation)
Paedasterias Verrill, 1914 · unaccepted (Synonym according to Fisher (1922))
- Species Lysasterias adeliae (Koehler, 1920)
- Species Lysasterias belgicae (Ludwig, 1903)
- Species Lysasterias chirophora (Ludwig, 1903)
- Species Lysasterias digitata A.M. Clark, 1962
- Species Lysasterias hemiora Fisher, 1940
- Species Lysasterias heteractis Fisher, 1940
- Species Lysasterias joffrei (Koehler, 1920)
- Species Lysasterias lactea (Ludwig, 1903)
- Species Lysasterias perrieri (Studer, 1885)
- Species Lysasterias cupulifera (Koehler, 1908) accepted as Lysasterias perrieri (Studer, 1885) (Synonym according to Fisher (1940))
- Species Lysasterias studeri (Perrier, 1891) accepted as Anasterias studeri Perrier, 1891
- Species Lysasterias tenera (Koehler, 1906) accepted as Lysasterias perrieri (Studer, 1885) (Synonym according to Fisher (1940))
- Species Lysasterias victoriae (Koehler, 1920) accepted as Lysasterias perrieri (Studer, 1885) (Synonym according to Fisher (1940))
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Fisher, W.K. (1908). Necessary changes in the nomenclature of starfishes. <em>Smithsonian Miscellaneous collections (Quaterly).</em> 52: 87-93., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8812483
page(s): 88 [details]
page(s): 88 [details]
Mah, C.L. (2021). World Asteroidea Database. Lysasterias Fisher, 1908. Accessed at: http://www.marinespecies.org/Asteroidea../aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=172532 on 2025-05-19
Date
action
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2006-09-22 06:50:38Z
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Martinez, Olga
original description
Fisher, W.K. (1908). Necessary changes in the nomenclature of starfishes. <em>Smithsonian Miscellaneous collections (Quaterly).</em> 52: 87-93., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8812483
page(s): 88 [details]
original description (of Paedasterias Verrill, 1914) Verrill, A.E. (1914). Monograph of the shallow-water starfishes of the North Pacific coast from the Arctic Ocean to California. Harriman Alaska series: US National Museum 14: 1-408 pp., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/20755223
page(s): 355 [details]
basis of record Clarke, Andrew; Johnston, Nadine M. (2003). Antarctic marine benthic diversity. <em>Oceanography and Marine Biology: an Annual Review.</em> 41: 47-114. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
additional source Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. <em>[Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].</em> , available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]
page(s): 88 [details]
original description (of Paedasterias Verrill, 1914) Verrill, A.E. (1914). Monograph of the shallow-water starfishes of the North Pacific coast from the Arctic Ocean to California. Harriman Alaska series: US National Museum 14: 1-408 pp., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/20755223
page(s): 355 [details]
basis of record Clarke, Andrew; Johnston, Nadine M. (2003). Antarctic marine benthic diversity. <em>Oceanography and Marine Biology: an Annual Review.</em> 41: 47-114. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
additional source Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. <em>[Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].</em> , available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From regional or thematic species database
Cryptic speciation According to mitochondrial data (CO1), some Lysasterias species in the Southern Ocean could be species complexes. [details]
