IRMNG - Acanthaster Gervais, 1841

IRMNG taxon details

Acanthaster Gervais, 1841

IRMNG_ID

1208257 (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:1208257)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Acanthasteridae Sladen, 1889

Synonymised names

Echinaster Gray, 1840 · unaccepted

Echinities Müller & Troschel, 1844 · unaccepted (A junior homonym of Echinites...)

A junior homonym of Echinites Gesner 1758; Leske 1778 (Echiniodea) according to Sladen (1889)

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Species Acanthaster brevispinus Fisher, 1917
Species Acanthaster ellisi (Gray, 1840)
Species Acanthaster planci (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Acanthaster echinites (Ellis & Solander, 1786) accepted as Acanthaster planci (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Acanthaster echinus Gervais, 1841 accepted as Acanthaster planci (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Acanthaster mauritiensis de Loriol, 1885 accepted as Acanthaster planci (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Acanthaster pseudoplanci Caso, 1962 accepted as Acanthaster planci (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Acanthaster solaris Schreber, 1793 accepted as Acanthaster planci (Linnaeus, 1758)

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Dict. Sci. Nat., Suppl. 1
page(s): 474 [details]

Taxonomic citation

IRMNG (2022). Acanthaster Gervais, 1841. Accessed at: https://irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1208257 on 2024-04-24

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2006-09-20 22:00:00Z

created

Rees, Tony

2011-12-31 23:00:00Z

changed

Rees, Tony

2016-11-22 11:10:04Z

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db_admin

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original description Dict. Sci. Nat., Suppl. 1
page(s): 474 [details]

basis of record Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. , available online at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ [details]

basis of record SN2000/Fell, 1982 [details]

verified source for family WoRMS (Mar 2013) [details]

name verified source Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. , available online at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ [details]

current name source CoL2006 [details]

current name source WoRMS (Mar 2013) [details]

extant flag source SN2000/Fell, 1982, PaleoDB [details]

habitat flag source Aphia 2006 [details]

From other sources

Descriptive info Includes marine species (Aphia 2006) [details]

To WoRMS
To WoRMS (from synonym Echinities Müller & Troschel, 1844)
To WoRMS (from synonym Echinaster Gray, 1840)