Asteroidea taxon details
Pteraster stellifer Sladen, 1882
172778 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:172778)
accepted
Species
Pteraster (Apterodon) stellifer Sladen, 1882 · alternative representation
Pteraster danae Verrill, 1869 · uncertain > nomen dubium
- Subspecies Pteraster stellifer hunteri Koehler, 1920
- Subspecies Pteraster stellifer stellifer Sladen, 1882
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Sladen, W.P. (1882) The Asteroidea of H.M.S. Challenger Expedition, pt. 1. Pterasteridae. Journal of the Linnean Society of London. 16: 189-246, available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31982430
page(s): 193 [details]
(of Pteraster (Apterodon) stellifer Sladen, 1882) Sladen, W.P. (1882) The Asteroidea of H.M.S. Challenger Expedition, pt. 1. Pterasteridae. Journal of the Linnean Society of London. 16: 189-246, available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31982430
page(s): 193 [details]
page(s): 193 [details]
(of Pteraster (Apterodon) stellifer Sladen, 1882) Sladen, W.P. (1882) The Asteroidea of H.M.S. Challenger Expedition, pt. 1. Pterasteridae. Journal of the Linnean Society of London. 16: 189-246, available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31982430
page(s): 193 [details]
Mah, C.L. (2021). World Asteroidea Database. Pteraster stellifer Sladen, 1882. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Asteroidea../aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=172778 on 2025-04-06
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original description
Sladen, W.P. (1882) The Asteroidea of H.M.S. Challenger Expedition, pt. 1. Pterasteridae. Journal of the Linnean Society of London. 16: 189-246, available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31982430
page(s): 193 [details]
original description (of Pteraster danae Verrill, 1869) Verrill, A. E. (1869). On New and imperfectly known Echinoderms and Corals. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural HIstory. 12: 381-391., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9494023#page/389/mode/1up
page(s): 386 [details]
original description (of Pteraster (Apterodon) stellifer Sladen, 1882) Sladen, W.P. (1882) The Asteroidea of H.M.S. Challenger Expedition, pt. 1. Pterasteridae. Journal of the Linnean Society of London. 16: 189-246, available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31982430
page(s): 193 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
basis of record Clarke, Andrew; Johnston, Nadine M. (2003). Antarctic marine benthic diversity. Oceanography and Marine Biology: an Annual Review. 41: 47-114. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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]
page(s): 193 [details]
original description (of Pteraster danae Verrill, 1869) Verrill, A. E. (1869). On New and imperfectly known Echinoderms and Corals. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural HIstory. 12: 381-391., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9494023#page/389/mode/1up
page(s): 386 [details]
original description (of Pteraster (Apterodon) stellifer Sladen, 1882) Sladen, W.P. (1882) The Asteroidea of H.M.S. Challenger Expedition, pt. 1. Pterasteridae. Journal of the Linnean Society of London. 16: 189-246, available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31982430
page(s): 193 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
basis of record Clarke, Andrew; Johnston, Nadine M. (2003). Antarctic marine benthic diversity. Oceanography and Marine Biology: an Annual Review. 41: 47-114. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
- From regional or thematic species database
- Amundsen Sea
- Argentina
- Davis Sea
- Ross Sea
- South Atlantic Ocean
- South Pacific Ocean
- Southern Ocean
- (no group)
- Unreviewed
- Chile
- South Atlantic Ocean
- Southern Ocean
- Uruguay
- (no group)
From regional or thematic species database
Cryptic speciation Based on CO1 data, three to five species could exist [details]
