WoRMS taxon details
Odontaster Verrill, 1880
123310 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:123310)
accepted
Genus
Odontaster hispidus Verrill, 1880 (type by monotypy)
Asterodon Perrier, 1891 · unaccepted (synonym)
Epidontaster Koehler, 1920 · unaccepted (synonym according to Fisher (1940))
Gnathaster Sladen, 1889 · unaccepted (A synonym of Odontaster Verrill...)
A synonym of Odontaster Verrill 1880 ccording to Fisher (1911)
Gnathodon Verrill, 1899 · unaccepted (synonym-lapsus for Odontaster...)
synonym-lapsus for Odontaster according to Fisher (1940).
Gymnognathaster Döderlein, 1928 · unaccepted (A synonym according to Fisher (1940))
Peridontaster Koehler, 1920 · unaccepted (synonym)
- Species Odontaster aucklandensis McKnight, 1973
- Species Odontaster australis H.L. Clark, 1926
- Species Odontaster benhami (Mortensen, 1925)
- Species Odontaster crassus Fisher, 1905
- Species Odontaster cynthiae Janosik & Halanych, 2012
- Species Odontaster hispidus Verrill, 1880
- Species Odontaster mediterraneus (von Marenzeller, 1893)
- Species Odontaster meridionalis (E. A. Smith, 1876)
- Species Odontaster pearsei Janosik & Halanych, 2010
- Species Odontaster penicillatus (Philippi, 1870)
- Species Odontaster robustus Verrill, 1899
- Species Odontaster rosagemmae McKnight, 2001
- Species Odontaster roseus Janosik & Halanych, 2010
- Species Odontaster setosus Verrill, 1899
- Species Odontaster validus Koehler, 1906
- Species Odontaster belli (Studer, 1884) accepted as Odontaster penicillatus (Philippi, 1870) (Synonym of O. penicillatus according to Madsen (1956))
- Species Odontaster capitatus Koehler, 1912 accepted as Acodontaster elongatus f. capitatus (Koehler, 1912) accepted as Acodontaster capitatus (Koehler, 1912)
- Species Odontaster cremeus Ludwig, 1903 accepted as Acodontaster elongatus (Sladen, 1889) (synonym according to Fisher (1940))
- Species Odontaster elegans Koehler, 1912 accepted as Odontaster meridionalis (E. A. Smith, 1876) (A synonym according to Fisher (1940))
- Species Odontaster glaber Barattini, 1938 accepted as Acodontaster elongatus granuliferus (Koehler, 1912) (A synonym according to Fisher (1940))
- Species Odontaster granuliferus Koehler, 1912 accepted as Acodontaster elongatus granuliferus (Koehler, 1912)
- Species Odontaster grayi (Bell, 1881) accepted as Odontaster benhami (Mortensen, 1925)
- Species Odontaster paxillosus (Gray, 1847) accepted as Diplodontias paxillosus (Gray, 1847)
- Species Odontaster pedicellaris (Perrier, 1891) accepted as Odontaster penicillatus (Philippi, 1870) (A synonym according to Fisher (1940))
- Species Odontaster propinquus A.H. Clark, 1917 accepted as Acodontaster elongatus granuliferus (Koehler, 1912) (A synonym according to Fisher (1940))
- Species Odontaster singularis (Müller & Troschel, 1843) accepted as Diplodontias singularis (Müller & Troschel, 1843)
- Species Odontaster tenuis Koehler, 1906 accepted as Odontaster validus Koehler, 1906 (A forma of O. validus according to Fisher (1940))
- Species Odontaster pusillus Koehler, 1907 (uncertain > nomen dubium, Holotype immature, identiy uncertain according to Koehler (1920))
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
Verrill, A. E. (1880). Notice of the remarkable marine fauna occupying the outer banks off the southern coast of New England. <em>American Journal of Science.</em> 3(20): 390-403., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38973336
page(s): 402 [details]
page(s): 402 [details]
Mah, C.L. (2025). World Asteroidea Database. Odontaster Verrill, 1880. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=123310 on 2025-07-01
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Nomenclature
original description
Verrill, A. E. (1880). Notice of the remarkable marine fauna occupying the outer banks off the southern coast of New England. <em>American Journal of Science.</em> 3(20): 390-403., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38973336
page(s): 402 [details]
original description (of Gnathaster Sladen, 1889) 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
page(s): 285 [details]
original description (of Gnathodon Verrill, 1899) Verrill, A. E. (1899). Revision of certain genera and species of starfishes, with descriptions of new forms. <em>Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences.</em> 10(1): 145-234., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13456950#page/175/mode/1up [details]
original description (of Peridontaster Koehler, 1920) Koehler, R. (1920). Echinodermata: Asteroidea. Scientific Reports of the Australiasian Antarctic Expedition C8: 1-308. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/162113 [details]
original description (of Asterodon Perrier, 1891) Perrier, E. (1891). Echinoderma I. Stellérides. Mission Scientifique du Cap Horn, 1882-83. 6.Zoologie (3), Paris. 1-198 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34621706
page(s): K.129 [details]
original description (of Gymnognathaster Döderlein, 1928) Döderlein, L. (1928). Die seesterne der Deutschen Sudpolar-Expedition, 1901-1903. Deutsche Sudpolar Expediiton XIX. <em>Zoologie XI. 1901-1903.series.</em> 19(11): 289-301.
page(s): 297 [details]
original description (of Epidontaster Koehler, 1920) Koehler, R. (1920). Echinodermata: Asteroidea. Scientific Reports of the Australiasian Antarctic Expedition C8: 1-308. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/162113
page(s): 195 [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]
page(s): 402 [details]
original description (of Gnathaster Sladen, 1889) 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
page(s): 285 [details]
original description (of Gnathodon Verrill, 1899) Verrill, A. E. (1899). Revision of certain genera and species of starfishes, with descriptions of new forms. <em>Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences.</em> 10(1): 145-234., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13456950#page/175/mode/1up [details]
original description (of Peridontaster Koehler, 1920) Koehler, R. (1920). Echinodermata: Asteroidea. Scientific Reports of the Australiasian Antarctic Expedition C8: 1-308. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/162113 [details]
original description (of Asterodon Perrier, 1891) Perrier, E. (1891). Echinoderma I. Stellérides. Mission Scientifique du Cap Horn, 1882-83. 6.Zoologie (3), Paris. 1-198 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34621706
page(s): K.129 [details]
original description (of Gymnognathaster Döderlein, 1928) Döderlein, L. (1928). Die seesterne der Deutschen Sudpolar-Expedition, 1901-1903. Deutsche Sudpolar Expediiton XIX. <em>Zoologie XI. 1901-1903.series.</em> 19(11): 289-301.
page(s): 297 [details]
original description (of Epidontaster Koehler, 1920) Koehler, R. (1920). Echinodermata: Asteroidea. Scientific Reports of the Australiasian Antarctic Expedition C8: 1-308. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/162113
page(s): 195 [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]
Other
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 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]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Asterodon) (from synonym Asterodon Perrier, 1891)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Odontaster)
To Genbank (from synonym Asterodon Perrier, 1891)
To Genbank (from synonym Asterodon Perrier, 1891)
To Genbank
To ITIS
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Odontaster)
To Genbank (from synonym Asterodon Perrier, 1891)
To Genbank (from synonym Asterodon Perrier, 1891)
To Genbank
To ITIS
