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Pteraster

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Description

Pteraster is a genus of sea stars in the family Pterasteridae.

From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pteraster, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	2270728	https://www.gbif.org/species/2270728
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	63715	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=63715

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Echinodermata : Asteroidea : Velatida : Pterasteridae : Pteraster

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Triploblastica	Lankester 1877
-	Nephrozoa	Jondelius et al. 2002
-	Deuterostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Ambulacraria
phylum	Echinodermata	Klein 1754
subphylum	Asterozoa	von Zittel 1895
class	Asteroidea	de Blainville 1830
subclass	Ambuloasteroidea	Blake and Hagdorn 2003
infraclass	Neoasteroidea
superorder	Surculifera	Gale 1987
-	Spinulosida
-	Velatida
family	Pterasteridae	Perrier 1875
genus	Pteraster	Müller & Troschel 1842

Scientific Name

Pteraster Müller & Troschel, 1842

Name Published In

Müller, J. and Troschel, F. H. (1842). System der Asteriden.1. Asteriae. 2. Ophiuridae. Vieweg: Braunschweig. xxx+134 pp. 12 pls.

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Pteraster	genus	belongs to Pterasteridae	stated without evidence	Perrier, 1875
Pteraster	genus	belongs to Pterasteridae	stated with evidence	Spencer and Wright, 1966

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

1 (100%)

First Recorded Appearance

83.5 - 70.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous

Environment

outer shelf,oceanic,marine (based on Velatida)

Motility

actively mobile (based on Pterasteridae)

Vision

limited (based on Asteroidea)

Diet

carnivore (based on Pterasteridae)

Reproduction

oviparous, dispersal=water (based on Velatida)

Ontogeny

accretion,addition of parts (based on Echinodermata)

Taphonomy

high Mg calcite (based on Pterasteridae)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

J. Müller and F.H. Troschel. 1842. System der Asteriden. F. Vieweg & Sohn, Braunschweig

Common Name(s)

Slime Stars, マクヒトデ

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pteraster

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Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)
Pteraster abyssorum species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pteraster acicula species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pteraster affinis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pteraster alveolatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pteraster bathami species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pteraster capensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pteraster caribbaeus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pteraster corynetes species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pteraster coscinopeplus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pteraster diaphanus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pteraster educator species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pteraster flabellifer species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pteraster florifer species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pteraster fornicatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pteraster gibber species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pteraster hastatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pteraster hirsutus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pteraster hymenasteroides species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pteraster hystrix species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pteraster ifurus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pteraster jordani species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pteraster koehleri species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pteraster marsippus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pteraster militarioides species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pteraster militaris species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pteraster minutus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pteraster multiporus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pteraster myonotus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pteraster obesus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pteraster obscurus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pteraster octaster species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pteraster personatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pteraster pulvillus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pteraster reticulatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pteraster robertsoni species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pteraster rugatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pteraster rugosus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pteraster solitarius species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pteraster spinosissimus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pteraster stellifer species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pteraster temnochiton species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pteraster tesselatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pteraster tetracanthus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pteraster texius species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pteraster trigonodon species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pteraster uragensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pteraster willsi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Pleraster Nobre, 1931	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Echinodermata : Asteroidea : Velatida : Pterasteridae : *Pleraster*
Hexaster Perrier, 1891	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Echinodermata : Asteroidea : Velatida : Pterasteridae : *Hexaster*
Temnaster Verrill, 1894	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Echinodermata : Asteroidea : Velatida : Pterasteridae : *Temnaster*
Marsipaster Sladen, 1882	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Echinodermata : Asteroidea : Velatida : Pterasteridae : *Marsipaster*
Steraster Gregory, 1900	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Echinodermata : Asteroidea : Velatida : Pterasteridae : *Steraster*
Pterasterides Verrill, 1909	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Echinodermata : Asteroidea : Velatida : Pterasteridae : *Pterasterides*
Retaster Perrier, 1878	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Echinodermata : Asteroidea : Velatida : Pterasteridae : *Retaster*
Lophopteraster Verrill, 1895	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Echinodermata : Asteroidea : Velatida : Pterasteridae : *Lophopteraster*
Apterodon Fisher, 1940	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Echinodermata : Asteroidea : Velatida : Pterasteridae : *Apterodon*

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1842	Pteraster Müller and Troschel
1875	Pteraster Perrier
1966	Pteraster Spencer and Wright p. U68

References

Müller J., Troschel F.H. System der Asteriden, F. Vieweg & Sohn, Braunschweig, 1-147

Spencer W. K., Wright C.W. (1966) Asterozoans, Moore R.C. ed, Treatise on invertebrate paleontology, Echinodermata, University of Kansas Press and the Geological Society of America 3 1, U4-U107

Aphia2006 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

CoL2006 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

SN2000/Fell, 1982 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

WoRMS (Mar 2013) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Clark, A.M. (1996). An index of names of recent Asteroidea, part 3. Velatida and Spinulosida, in: Jangoux, M.; Lawrence, J.M. (Ed.) (1996). Echinoderm Studies, 5: pp. 183-250 - via World Register of Marine Species

Hansson, H.G. (2001). Echinodermata, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). 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,. 50: pp. 336-351. - via World Register of Marine Species

Hansson, H. G. (1998). NEAT (North East Atlantic Taxa): Scandinavian Echinodermata Check-List (Comp.). - via World Register of Marine Species

Müller, J. and Troschel, F. H. (1842). System der Asteriden.1. Asteriae. 2. Ophiuridae. Vieweg: Braunschweig. xxx+134 pp. 12 pls. - via World Register of Marine Species

Syst. Asterid. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Clark, Ailsa M., and Maureen E. Downey, 1992: null. Starfishes of the Atlantic. xxvi + 794. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

Clark, Ailsa M. / Jangoux, Michel, and John M. Lawrence, eds., 1996: An index of names of recent Asteroidea, Part 3: Velatida and Spinulosida. Echinoderm Studies, vol. 5. 183-246. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

WoRMS (2013) Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.eu/ - via Dyntaxa. Svensk taxonomisk databas

Hansson, G, Samuelsson, Cedhagen & Strand (2013) Nationalnyckeln till Sveriges flora och fauna. Tagghudingar–svalgsträngsdjur. Echinodermata– Hemichordata. - via Dyntaxa. Svensk taxonomisk databas

Fisher, Walter Kenrick, 1911: Asteroidea of the North Pacific and Adjacent Waters, Part 1. Phanerozonia and Spinulosa. United States National Museum Bulletin, no. 76. vi + 419. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

Anna Karlsson (tagghudingar) (2004) [Titel saknas] - via Dyntaxa. Svensk taxonomisk databas

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