WoRMS taxon details
Cycethra verrucosa (Philippi, 1857)
172748 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:172748)
accepted
Species
Cycethra cingulata Koehler, 1923 · unaccepted (Thought to be conspecific by A.M....)
Thought to be conspecific by A.M. Clark (1983)
Cycethra electilis Sladen, 1889 · unaccepted
Cycethra lahillei deLoriol, 1904 · unaccepted (Conspecific with C. verrucosa...)
Conspecific with C. verrucosa according to A.M. Clark (1962).
Cycethra nitida Sladen, 1889 · unaccepted (A forma according to Fisher (1940))
Cycethra pinguis Sladen, 1889 · unaccepted (A forma according to Fisher (1940))
Cycethra simplex Bell, 1881 · unaccepted (synonym according to Meissner (1904))
Gnathaster verrucosus Sladen, 1889 · unaccepted
Goniodiscus verrucosus Philippi, 1857 · unaccepted
Lebrunaster paxillosus Perrier, 1891 · unaccepted (A synonym according to Fisher (1940))
Parasterina obesa H.L. Clark, 1910 · unaccepted (synonym according to A.M. Clark (1983))
Patiria obesa (H.L. Clark, 1910) · unaccepted (Synonym according to A.M. Clark (1983).)
Pentagonaster verrucosus (Philippi, 1857) · unaccepted
- Subspecies Cycethra verrucosa mawsoni A.M. Clark, 1962
- Subspecies Cycethra verrucosa verrucosa (Philippi, 1857)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Pentagonaster verrucosus (Philippi, 1857)) Philippi, R. A. (1857). Vier neue Echinodermen des Chilenischen Meeres. <em>Archiv für Naturgeschichte.</em> 23: 130-148., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2439774
page(s): 132 [details]
(of Goniodiscus verrucosus Philippi, 1857) Philippi, R. A. (1857). Vier neue Echinodermen des Chilenischen Meeres. <em>Archiv für Naturgeschichte.</em> 23: 130-148., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2439774
page(s): 132 [details]
page(s): 132 [details]
(of Goniodiscus verrucosus Philippi, 1857) Philippi, R. A. (1857). Vier neue Echinodermen des Chilenischen Meeres. <em>Archiv für Naturgeschichte.</em> 23: 130-148., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2439774
page(s): 132 [details]
Mah, C.L. (2025). World Asteroidea Database. Cycethra verrucosa (Philippi, 1857). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=172748 on 2025-07-11
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Cycethra simplex Bell, 1881) Bell, F. J. (1881). Account of the Echinodermata collected during the Survey of H.M.S. "Alert" in the Straits of Magellan and on the Coast of Patagonia. <i>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London</i>. p. 87-101, p. VIII & IX., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30759196
page(s): 96 [details]
original description (of Cycethra electilis 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 [details]
original description (of Parasterina obesa H.L. Clark, 1910) Clark, H. L. (1910). The Echinoderms of Peru. <em>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College.</em> 52(17), 319-358, 14 pl., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19976129
page(s): 334 [details]
original description (of Gnathaster verrucosus 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 [details]
original description (of Cycethra lahillei deLoriol, 1904) Loriol, P. de. (1904). Notes pour servir à l'étude des échinodermes. Seconde Série, Fasciule II. 68 pp., Bale & Genève/Berlin (Georg & Co./Friedländer).
page(s): 25 [details]
original description (of Cycethra nitida 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): 379 [details]
original description (of Cycethra pinguis 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): 380 [details]
original description (of Lebrunaster paxillosus 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.116 [details]
original description (of Pentagonaster verrucosus (Philippi, 1857)) Philippi, R. A. (1857). Vier neue Echinodermen des Chilenischen Meeres. <em>Archiv für Naturgeschichte.</em> 23: 130-148., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2439774
page(s): 132 [details]
original description (of Goniodiscus verrucosus Philippi, 1857) Philippi, R. A. (1857). Vier neue Echinodermen des Chilenischen Meeres. <em>Archiv für Naturgeschichte.</em> 23: 130-148., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2439774
page(s): 132 [details]
original description (of Cycethra cingulata Koehler, 1923) Koehler, R. (1923). Astéries et Ophiures recueillies par l'Expédition Antarctique Suédoise (1901-1903). <em>Further Zoological Results of the Swedish Antarctic Expedition 1901-1903 under the direction of Dr. Otto Nordenskjold.</em> 1(1): 1-145., available online at http://www.vliz.be/nl/catalogus?module=ref&refid=253394
page(s): 68 [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
[request]
page(s): 96 [details]
original description (of Cycethra electilis 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 [details]
original description (of Parasterina obesa H.L. Clark, 1910) Clark, H. L. (1910). The Echinoderms of Peru. <em>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College.</em> 52(17), 319-358, 14 pl., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19976129
page(s): 334 [details]
original description (of Gnathaster verrucosus 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 [details]
original description (of Cycethra lahillei deLoriol, 1904) Loriol, P. de. (1904). Notes pour servir à l'étude des échinodermes. Seconde Série, Fasciule II. 68 pp., Bale & Genève/Berlin (Georg & Co./Friedländer).
page(s): 25 [details]
original description (of Cycethra nitida 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): 379 [details]
original description (of Cycethra pinguis 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): 380 [details]
original description (of Lebrunaster paxillosus 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.116 [details]
original description (of Pentagonaster verrucosus (Philippi, 1857)) Philippi, R. A. (1857). Vier neue Echinodermen des Chilenischen Meeres. <em>Archiv für Naturgeschichte.</em> 23: 130-148., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2439774
page(s): 132 [details]
original description (of Goniodiscus verrucosus Philippi, 1857) Philippi, R. A. (1857). Vier neue Echinodermen des Chilenischen Meeres. <em>Archiv für Naturgeschichte.</em> 23: 130-148., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2439774
page(s): 132 [details]
original description (of Cycethra cingulata Koehler, 1923) Koehler, R. (1923). Astéries et Ophiures recueillies par l'Expédition Antarctique Suédoise (1901-1903). <em>Further Zoological Results of the Swedish Antarctic Expedition 1901-1903 under the direction of Dr. Otto Nordenskjold.</em> 1(1): 1-145., available online at http://www.vliz.be/nl/catalogus?module=ref&refid=253394
page(s): 68 [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
[request]Other
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
context source (PeRMS) Solís-Marín, F. A.; Alvarado, J. J.; Abreu-Pérez, M.; Aguilera, O.; Alió, J.; Bacallado-Aránega, J. J.; Barraza, E.; Benavides-Serrato, M.; Benítez-Villalobos, F.; Betancourt-Fernández, L.; Borges, M.; Brandt, M.; Brogger, M. I.; Borrero-Pérez, G. H.; Buitrón-Sánchez, E.; Campos, L. S.; Cantera, J.; Clemente, S.; Cohen-Renjifo, M.; Coppard, S.; Costa-Lotufo, L. V.; del Valle-García, R.; Díaz, Y.; Díaz de Vivar, M. E.; Díaz-Martínez, J. P.; Durán-González, A.; Epherra, L.; Escolar, M.; Francisco, V.; Freire, C. A.; García-Arrarás, E.; Gil, D. G.; Guarderas, P.; Hadel, V. F.; Hearn, A.; Hernández, J. C.; Hernández-Delgado, E. A.; Herrera-Moreno, A.; Herrero-Pérezrul, M. D.; Hooker, Y.; Honey-Escandón, M. B. I.; Lodeiros, C.; Luzuriaga, M.; Manso, C. L. C.; Martín, A.; Martinez, M. I.; Martínez, S.; Moro-Abad; Mutschke, E.; Navarro, J. C.; Neira, R.; Noriega, N.; Palleiro-Nayar, J. S.; Pérez, A. F.; Pérez-Ruzafa, A.; Prieto-Rios, E.; Reyes, J.; Rodríguez, R.; Rubilar, T.; Sancho-Mejía, T.; Sangil, C.; Silva, J. R. M. C.; Sonnenholzner, J. I.; Ventura, C. R.; Tablado, A.; Tavares, Y.; Tiago, C. G.; Tuya, F.;Williams, S. M. (2013). Appendix. <em>In: J. J. Alvarado & F. A. Solís-Marín (eds), Echinoderm Research and Diversity in Latin America.</em> pp. 471-510. Springer; Berlin & Heidelberg. page(s): 543-654. [details]
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]
context source (PeRMS) Solís-Marín, F. A.; Alvarado, J. J.; Abreu-Pérez, M.; Aguilera, O.; Alió, J.; Bacallado-Aránega, J. J.; Barraza, E.; Benavides-Serrato, M.; Benítez-Villalobos, F.; Betancourt-Fernández, L.; Borges, M.; Brandt, M.; Brogger, M. I.; Borrero-Pérez, G. H.; Buitrón-Sánchez, E.; Campos, L. S.; Cantera, J.; Clemente, S.; Cohen-Renjifo, M.; Coppard, S.; Costa-Lotufo, L. V.; del Valle-García, R.; Díaz, Y.; Díaz de Vivar, M. E.; Díaz-Martínez, J. P.; Durán-González, A.; Epherra, L.; Escolar, M.; Francisco, V.; Freire, C. A.; García-Arrarás, E.; Gil, D. G.; Guarderas, P.; Hadel, V. F.; Hearn, A.; Hernández, J. C.; Hernández-Delgado, E. A.; Herrera-Moreno, A.; Herrero-Pérezrul, M. D.; Hooker, Y.; Honey-Escandón, M. B. I.; Lodeiros, C.; Luzuriaga, M.; Manso, C. L. C.; Martín, A.; Martinez, M. I.; Martínez, S.; Moro-Abad; Mutschke, E.; Navarro, J. C.; Neira, R.; Noriega, N.; Palleiro-Nayar, J. S.; Pérez, A. F.; Pérez-Ruzafa, A.; Prieto-Rios, E.; Reyes, J.; Rodríguez, R.; Rubilar, T.; Sancho-Mejía, T.; Sangil, C.; Silva, J. R. M. C.; Sonnenholzner, J. I.; Ventura, C. R.; Tablado, A.; Tavares, Y.; Tiago, C. G.; Tuya, F.;Williams, S. M. (2013). Appendix. <em>In: J. J. Alvarado & F. A. Solís-Marín (eds), Echinoderm Research and Diversity in Latin America.</em> pp. 471-510. Springer; Berlin & Heidelberg. page(s): 543-654. [details]
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]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (24 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (16 publications) (from synonym Goniodiscus verrucosus Philippi, 1857)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (20 publications) (from synonym Cycethra simplex Bell, 1881)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (29 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Patiria obesa (H.L. Clark, 1910))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Cycethra nitida Sladen, 1889)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Lebrunaster paxillosus Perrier, 1891)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Cycethra electilis Sladen, 1889)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Cycethra verrucosa)
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To MNHN Type collection (IE 2014-266) (from synonym Lebrunaster paxillosus Perrier, 1891)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Cycethra verrucosa, dorsal)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (62 records)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (16 publications) (from synonym Goniodiscus verrucosus Philippi, 1857)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (20 publications) (from synonym Cycethra simplex Bell, 1881)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (29 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Patiria obesa (H.L. Clark, 1910))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Cycethra nitida Sladen, 1889)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Lebrunaster paxillosus Perrier, 1891)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Cycethra electilis Sladen, 1889)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Cycethra verrucosa)
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To MNHN Type collection (IE 2014-266) (from synonym Lebrunaster paxillosus Perrier, 1891)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Cycethra verrucosa, dorsal)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (62 records)
