RAS taxon details
Anasterias Perrier, 1875
172534 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:172534)
accepted
Genus
Calvasterias Perrier, 1875 · unaccepted
Parastichaster Koehler, 1920 · unaccepted (Synonym according to Fisher (1940))
Sporasterias Perrier, 1893 · unaccepted (Synonym according to Fisher (1940))
- Species Anasterias antarctica (Lütken, 1857)
- Species Anasterias asterinoides Perrier, 1875
- Species Anasterias directa (Koehler, 1920)
- Species Anasterias laevigata (Hutton, 1879)
- Species Anasterias mawsoni (Koehler, 1920)
- Species Anasterias pedicellaris (Koehler, 1923)
- Species Anasterias perrieri (E. A. Smith, 1876)
- Species Anasterias rupicola (Verrill, 1876)
- Species Anasterias spirabilis (Bell, 1881)
- Species Anasterias studeri Perrier, 1891
- Species Anasterias suteri (deLoriol, 1894)
- Species Anasterias adeliae Koehler, 1920 accepted as Lysasterias adeliae (Koehler, 1920)
- Species Anasterias chirophora Ludwig, 1903 accepted as Lysasterias chirophora (Ludwig, 1903)
- Species Anasterias cupulifera Koehler, 1907 accepted as Lysasterias perrieri (Studer, 1885)
- Species Anasterias lysasteria Verrill, 1914 accepted as Lysasterias perrieri (Studer, 1885)
- Species Anasterias sphaerulata (Koehler, 1920) accepted as Anasterias mawsoni (Koehler, 1920) (Syn by O'Hara (1998))
- Species Anasterias tenera Koehler, 1906 accepted as Lysasterias perrieri (Studer, 1885) (synonym according to Fisher (1940))
- Species Anasterias victoriae Koehler, 1920 accepted as Lysasterias perrieri (Studer, 1885)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Perrier, E. (1875). Révision de la collection de stellérides du Museum d'Histoire naturelle de Paris. Paris, Reinwald. 384 p., available online at https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044107304818&view=1up&seq=338
page(s): 81 [details]
page(s): 81 [details]
Mah, C.L. (2021). World Asteroidea Database. Anasterias Perrier, 1875. Accessed through: RAS (Eds.) (2021) Register of Antarctic Species at: http://ras.biodiversity.aq/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=172534 on 2026-09-20
RAS (Eds.) (2026). Register of Antarctic Species. Anasterias Perrier, 1875. Accessed at: https://ras.biodiversity.aq/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=172534 on 2026-09-20
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2006-09-05 08:30:55Z
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Martinez, Olga
original description
Perrier, E. (1875). Révision de la collection de stellérides du Museum d'Histoire naturelle de Paris. Paris, Reinwald. 384 p., available online at https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044107304818&view=1up&seq=338
page(s): 81 [details]
original description (of Parastichaster 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 Calvasterias Perrier, 1875) Perrier, E. (1875). Révision de la collection de stellérides du Museum d'Histoire naturelle de Paris. Paris, Reinwald. 384 p., available online at https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044107304818&view=1up&seq=338
page(s): 84 [details]
original description (of Sporasterias Perrier, 1893) Perrier, E. (1893). Echinodermes. <em>Traité de Zoologie.</em> 781-864., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/55132228
page(s): 848 [details]
original description (of Sporasterias Perrier, 1893) Perrier, E. (1894). Stellérides. Expéditions Scientifique <i>Travailleur</i> et du <i>Talisman</i>. 3:1-431, 26 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44802953
page(s): 107; note: brief account [details]
basis of record Clarke, A.; Johnston, N.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 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 Neave, S.A. (1939 - 1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus. vol. 1-10 Online., available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]
page(s): 81 [details]
original description (of Parastichaster 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 Calvasterias Perrier, 1875) Perrier, E. (1875). Révision de la collection de stellérides du Museum d'Histoire naturelle de Paris. Paris, Reinwald. 384 p., available online at https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044107304818&view=1up&seq=338
page(s): 84 [details]
original description (of Sporasterias Perrier, 1893) Perrier, E. (1893). Echinodermes. <em>Traité de Zoologie.</em> 781-864., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/55132228
page(s): 848 [details]
original description (of Sporasterias Perrier, 1893) Perrier, E. (1894). Stellérides. Expéditions Scientifique <i>Travailleur</i> et du <i>Talisman</i>. 3:1-431, 26 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44802953
page(s): 107; note: brief account [details]
basis of record Clarke, A.; Johnston, N.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 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 Neave, S.A. (1939 - 1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus. vol. 1-10 Online., available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
