WoRMS taxon details
Solaster Forbes, 1839
123338 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:123338)
accepted
Genus
Asterias endeca Linnaeus, 1771 accepted as Solaster endeca (Linnaeus, 1771) (type by monotypy)
Endeca Gray, 1840 · unaccepted (Synonym )
Solaster (Endeca) Gray, 1840 · unaccepted
- Species Solaster abyssicola Verrill, 1885
- Species Solaster affinis (Brandt, 1835) accepted as Crossaster papposus (Linnaeus, 1767) (synonym)
- Species Solaster arctica Verrill, 1914
- Species Solaster asperatus Koehler, 1920 accepted as Paralophaster godfroyi asperatus (Koehler, 1920) accepted as Paralophaster godfroyi (Koehler, 1912)
- Species Solaster australis (Perrier, 1891) accepted as Solaster regularis Sladen, 1889 (Synonym according to Fisher (1940))
- Species Solaster benedicti Verrill, 1894
- Species Solaster borealis (Fisher, 1906)
- Species Solaster caribbaeus Verrill, 1915
- Species Solaster constellatus Verrill, 1909 accepted as Solaster stimpsoni Verrill, 1880 (Synonym according to Fisher (1930))
- Species Solaster dawsoni Verrill, 1880
- Species Solaster decanus (Müller & Troschel, 1843) accepted as Plectaster decanus (Muller & Troschel, 1843)
- Species Solaster decemradiatus (Brandt, 1835) accepted as Solaster stimpsoni Verrill, 1880
- Species Solaster diamesus Djakonov, 1932 accepted as Crossaster diamesus (Djakonov, 1932)
- Species Solaster dianae Stampanato & Jangoux, 2004 accepted as Solaster notophrynus Downey, 1971 (synonym)
- Species Solaster earlli Verrill, 1879
- Species Solaster echinatus Storm, 1888 accepted as Solaster glacialis Danielssen & Koren, 1881 (synonym according to Koehler (1909))
- Species Solaster endeca (Linnaeus, 1771)
- Species Solaster exiguus Fisher, 1910
- Species Solaster furcifer Düben & Koren, 1846 accepted as Lophaster furcifer (Düben & Koren, 1846) (synonym)
- Species Solaster galaxides Verrill, 1909 accepted as Solaster endeca (Linnaeus, 1771) (Synonym according to Fisher (1911))
- Species Solaster glacialis Danielssen & Koren, 1881
- Species Solaster godfroyi Koehler, 1912 accepted as Paralophaster godfroyi (Koehler, 1912)
- Species Solaster gracilis Grube, 1865 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
- Species Solaster haliplous Djakonov, 1958
- Species Solaster hexactis Clark & Jewett, 2011
- Species Solaster hypothrissus Fisher, 1910
- Species Solaster incertus Koehler, 1917 accepted as Myoraster Fisher, 1940 accepted as Paralophaster Fisher, 1940
- Species Solaster intermedius Hayashi, 1939
- Species Solaster intermedius Sluiter, 1895 accepted as Solaster endeca (Linnaeus, 1771) (synonym according to (Engel, 1935))
- Species Solaster japonicus Fisher, 1911 accepted as Crossaster japonicus (Fisher, 1911)
- Species Solaster longoi Stampanato & Jangoux, 1993 accepted as Solaster regularis Sladen, 1889
- Species Solaster lorioli Koehler, 1907 accepted as Paralophaster lorioli (Koehler, 1907)
- Species Solaster namakae Mah, 2022
- Species Solaster notophrynus Downey, 1971
- Species Solaster octoradiatus Ludwig, 1903 accepted as Solaster regularis subarcuatus Sladen, 1889 accepted as Solaster regularis Sladen, 1889 (Synonym according to Fisher (1940))
- Species Solaster pacificus Djakonov, 1938
- Species Solaster papposus (Linnaeus, 1767) accepted as Crossaster papposus (Linnaeus, 1767) (synonym)
- Species Solaster paxillatus Sladen, 1889
- Species Solaster penicillatus (Sladen, 1889) accepted as Crossaster penicillatus Sladen, 1889
- Species Solaster pentactis Perrier, 1884 (Perrier, 1891) accepted as Lophaster pentactis Perrier, 1891 accepted as Lophaster stellans Sladen, 1889 (uncertain > nomen dubium, original designation but see Note and Perrier 1891)
- Species Solaster radians (Perrier, 1881) accepted as Leilaster radians (Perrier, 1881) (subsequent combination by Perrier, 1884)
- Species Solaster regularis Sladen, 1889
- Species Solaster scotophilus Fisher, 1913 accepted as Crossaster scotophilus (Fisher, 1913)
- Species Solaster spectabilis Clark & Jewett, 2011
- Species Solaster squamatus Döderlein, 1900 accepted as Crossaster squamatus (Döderlein, 1900) (synonym)
- Species Solaster stimpsoni Verrill, 1880
- Species Solaster subarcuatus Sladen, 1889 accepted as Solaster regularis subarcuatus Sladen, 1889 accepted as Solaster regularis Sladen, 1889 (Subspecies according to Fisher (1940))
- Species Solaster syrtensis Verrill, 1894
- Species Solaster torulatus Sladen, 1889
- Species Solaster tropicus Fisher, 1913
- Species Solaster tumida Stuxberg, 1878 accepted as Poraniomorpha (Poraniomorpha) tumida (Stuxberg, 1878) (synonym)
- Species Solaster uchidai Hayashi, 1939
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Forbes, E. (1839). On the Asteriadae of the Irish Sea. <em>Memoirs of the Wernerian Natural History Society of Edinburgh.</em> 8: 114-129., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35485580
page(s): 120 [details]
page(s): 120 [details]
Mah, C.L. (2025). World Asteroidea Database. Solaster Forbes, 1839. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=123338 on 2025-06-30
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Nomenclature
original description
Forbes, E. (1839). On the Asteriadae of the Irish Sea. <em>Memoirs of the Wernerian Natural History Society of Edinburgh.</em> 8: 114-129., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35485580
page(s): 120 [details]
original description (of Endeca Gray, 1840) Gray, J.E. (1840). XXII. A synopsis of the genera and species of the class Hypostoma (Asterias, Linnaeus). <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> 6: 175-184., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2335959
page(s): 183 [details]
original description (of Solaster (Endeca) Gray, 1840) Gray, J.E. (1840). XXII. A synopsis of the genera and species of the class Hypostoma (Asterias, Linnaeus). <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> 6: 175-184., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2335959
page(s): 183 [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): 120 [details]
original description (of Endeca Gray, 1840) Gray, J.E. (1840). XXII. A synopsis of the genera and species of the class Hypostoma (Asterias, Linnaeus). <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> 6: 175-184., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2335959
page(s): 183 [details]
original description (of Solaster (Endeca) Gray, 1840) Gray, J.E. (1840). XXII. A synopsis of the genera and species of the class Hypostoma (Asterias, Linnaeus). <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> 6: 175-184., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2335959
page(s): 183 [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
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 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]
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
Unreviewed
Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
