Register of Antarctic Species (RAS) - Pseudarchasteridae Sladen, 1889

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Pseudarchasteridae Sladen, 1889

AphiaID

292826 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:292826)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Family

Parent

Paxillosida

Synonymised names

Pseudarchasterinae Sladen, 1889 · unaccepted

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Genus Gephyreaster Fisher, 1910
1. Species Gephyreaster swifti (Fisher, 1905)
Genus Paragonaster Sladen, 1889
1. Species Paragonaster chinensis Liao, 1983
2. Species Paragonaster clarkae Blake & Aronson, 1998 †
3. Species Paragonaster ctenipes Sladen, 1889
  1. Subspecies Paragonaster ctenipes breviradiatus Macan, 1938
  2. Subspecies Paragonaster ctenipes ctenipes Sladen, 1889
  3. Subspecies Paragonaster ctenipes hypacanthus Fisher, 1913
4. Species Paragonaster felli Stevens, 2020 †
5. Species Paragonaster grandis H.L. Clark, 1941
6. Species Paragonaster haldixoni Jagt, Thuy, Donovan & Stohr, 2014 †
7. Species Paragonaster hoeimaruae Kobayashi et al., 2024
8. Species Paragonaster obtusus (Hayashi, 1973)
9. Species Paragonaster ridgwayi McKnight, 1973
10. Species Paragonaster stenostichus Fisher, 1913
11. Species Paragonaster subtilis (Perrier, 1881)
12. Species Paragonaster tenuiradiis Alcock, 1893
13. Species Paragonaster breviradiatus Macan, 1938 accepted as Paragonaster ctenipes breviradiatus Macan, 1938
14. Species Paragonaster cylindratus Sladen, 1889 accepted as Paragonaster subtilis (Perrier, 1881) (synonym)
15. Species Paragonaster elongatus (Perrier, 1885) accepted as Paragonaster subtilis (Perrier, 1881) (synonym of P. subtilis according to Koehler (1909))
16. Species Paragonaster formosus (Verrill, 1884) accepted as Paragonaster subtilis (Perrier, 1881) (synonym of P. subtilis according to Grieg (1932))
17. Species Paragonaster strictus Perrier, 1894 accepted as Paragonaster subtilis (Perrier, 1881) (Synonym according to Macan (1938))
Genus Perissogonaster Fisher, 1913
1. Species Perissogonaster insignis Fisher, 1913
2. Species Perissogonaster multispinus Kogure, 2024
Genus Pseudarchaster Sladen, 1889
1. Species Pseudarchaster alascensis Fisher, 1905
2. Species Pseudarchaster discus Sladen, 1889
3. Species Pseudarchaster dissonus Fisher, 1910
4. Species Pseudarchaster diversigranulatus Macan, 1938
5. Species Pseudarchaster garricki Fell, 1958
6. Species Pseudarchaster gracilis (Sladen, 1889)
  1. Subspecies Pseudarchaster gracilis gracilis (Sladen, 1889)
  2. Subspecies Pseudarchaster gracilis tessellatus Sladen, 1889 represented as Pseudarchaster tessellatus Sladen, 1889
7. Species Pseudarchaster hispidus Verrill, 1899
8. Species Pseudarchaster jordani Fisher, 1906
9. Species Pseudarchaster macdougalli McKnight, 1973
10. Species Pseudarchaster microceramus (Fisher, 1913)
11. Species Pseudarchaster motutaraensis Eagle, 1999 †
12. Species Pseudarchaster mozaicus Wood-Mason & Alcock, 1891
13. Species Pseudarchaster myobrachius Fisher, 1906
14. Species Pseudarchaster oligoporus Fisher, 1913
15. Species Pseudarchaster ornatus Djakonov, 1950
16. Species Pseudarchaster parelii (Düben & Koren, 1846)
17. Species Pseudarchaster pectinifer Ludwig, 1905
18. Species Pseudarchaster portlandicus (Hess, 1955) †
19. Species Pseudarchaster pulcher Ludwig, 1905
20. Species Pseudarchaster pusillus Fisher, 1905
21. Species Pseudarchaster roseus (Alcock, 1893)
22. Species Pseudarchaster tessellatus Sladen, 1889
  1. Variety Pseudarchaster tessellatus var. arcticus Sluiter, 1895 accepted as Pseudarchaster tessellatus Sladen, 1889
23. Species Pseudarchaster verrilli Ludwig, 1905
24. Species Pseudarchaster abernethyi Fell, 1958 accepted as Pseudarchaster garricki Fell, 1958 (Synonym)
25. Species Pseudarchaster aequabile (Koehler, 1907) accepted as Pseudarchaster gracilis (Sladen, 1889) (synonym according to Halpern (1972))
26. Species Pseudarchaster annectens (Perrier, 1894) accepted as Pseudarchaster parelii (Düben & Koren, 1846) (synonym according to Halpern (1972))
27. Species Pseudarchaster aphrodite (Perrier, 1894) accepted as Pseudarchaster gracilis (Sladen, 1889) (synonym according to Halpern (1972))
28. Species Pseudarchaster boardmani Livingstone, 1934 accepted as Mediaster boardmani (Livingstone, 1934)
29. Species Pseudarchaster brachyactis H.L. Clark, 1923 accepted as Pseudarchaster tessellatus Sladen, 1889 (A synonym according to Halpern (1972))
30. Species Pseudarchaster concinnus Verrill, 1894 accepted as Pseudarchaster gracilis (Sladen, 1889)
31. Species Pseudarchaster fallax (Perrier, 1885) accepted as Pseudarchaster parelii (Düben & Koren, 1846) (A synonym according to Halpern (1972))
32. Species Pseudarchaster granuliferus Verrill, 1899 accepted as Pseudarchaster parelii (Düben & Koren, 1846) (Synonym according to Halpern (1972))
33. Species Pseudarchaster hystrix (Perrier, 1894) accepted as Pseudarchaster parelii (Düben & Koren, 1846) (synonym according to Halpern (1972))
34. Species Pseudarchaster intermedius Sladen, 1889 accepted as Pseudarchaster parelii (Düben & Koren, 1846) (Synonym according to Fisher (1911))
  1. Variety Pseudarchaster intermedius var. insignis Verrill, 1895 accepted as Pseudarchaster parelii (Düben & Koren, 1846) (synonym)
35. Species Pseudarchaster necator (Perrier, 1894) accepted as Pseudarchaster gracilis (Sladen, 1889) (synonym according to Halpern (1972))
36. Species Pseudarchaster obtusus Hayashi, 1973 accepted as Paragonaster obtusus (Hayashi, 1973)
37. Species Pseudarchaster ordinatus Verrill, 1899 accepted as Pseudarchaster gracilis (Sladen, 1889) (synonym according to Halpern (1972))
38. Species Pseudarchaster parellii (Düben & Koren, 1846) accepted as Pseudarchaster parelii (Düben & Koren, 1846) (Lapsus calami)
39. Species Pseudarchaster patagonicus (Perrier, 1891) accepted as Pseudarchaster discus Sladen, 1889 (Syonym according to Fisher (1940))
40. Species Pseudarchaster pretiosus (Döderlein, 1902) accepted as Dipsacaster pretiosus (Döderlein, 1902)
41. Species Pseudarchaster spatuliger Mortensen, 1934 accepted as Craspidaster hesperus (Muller & Troschel, 1840) (synonym according to A.M. Clark (1982))
Genus Skiaster Blake & Jagt, 2005 †
1. Species Skiaster vikingr Blake & Jagt, 2005 †
Genus Aphroditaster Sladen, 1885 accepted as Pseudarchaster Sladen, 1889 (synonym)
1. Species Aphroditaster gracilis Sladen, 1889 accepted as Pseudarchaster gracilis (Sladen, 1889)
2. Species Aphroditaster microceramus Fisher, 1913 accepted as Pseudarchaster microceramus (Fisher, 1913)
Genus Fisheraster Halpern, 1970 accepted as Pseudarchaster Sladen, 1889 (Synonym)
1. Species Fisheraster microceramus (Fisher, 1913) accepted as Pseudarchaster microceramus (Fisher, 1913) (Fisheraster a synonym of Pseudarchaster according to Aziz & Jangoux (1984))

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Original description

Sladen, W.P. (1889). Report on the Asteroidea. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–1876. Zoology. 30 (part 51): xlii + 893 pages, 118 plates., available online at http://www.19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-51/README.htm
page(s): 109 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Mah, C.L. (2025). World Asteroidea Database. Pseudarchasteridae Sladen, 1889. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=292826 on 2025-07-08

Taxonomic edit history

Date

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2008-01-26 04:29:56Z

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Mah, Christopher

2011-10-05 21:52:40Z

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Mah, Christopher

2014-06-11 20:27:13Z

changed

Mah, Christopher

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Nomenclature

original description Sladen, W.P. (1889). Report on the Asteroidea. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–1876. Zoology. 30 (part 51): xlii + 893 pages, 118 plates., available online at http://www.19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-51/README.htm
page(s): 109 [details]

original description (of Pseudarchasterinae Sladen, 1889) Sladen, W.P. (1889). Report on the Asteroidea. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–1876. Zoology. 30 (part 51): xlii + 893 pages, 118 plates., available online at http://www.19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-51/README.htm
page(s): 109 [details]

Taxonomy

status source Mah, C.; Foltz, D. (2011). Molecular phylogeny of the Valvatacea (Asteroidea: Echinodermata). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 161(4): 769-788., available online at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1096-3642.2010.00659.x/full [details]

status source Blake, D.B. and J.W.M. Jagt. (2005). New latest Cretaceous and earliest Paleogene asteroids (Echinodermata) from the Netherlands and Denmark and their paleobiological significance. Bulletin de l'Institut royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique 75: 183-200 [details]

Identification resource

identification resource Halpern, J. A. (1972). Pseudarchasterinae (Echinodermata, Asteroidea) of the Atlantic. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 85(30): 359-384., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34559873 [details]

Other

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. In: J. J. Alvarado & F. A. Solís-Marín (eds), Echinoderm Research and Diversity in Latin America. pp. 471-510. Springer; Berlin & Heidelberg. page(s): 543-654. [details]

additional source Blake, D. B. (1987). A classification and phylogeny of post-Palaeozoic sea stars (Asteroidea: Echinodermata). Journal of Natural History. 21(2): 481-528., available online at https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00222938700771141 [details]

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Japanese	モミジヒトデ科	[details]