IRMNG - Pontaster Sladen, 1885

IRMNG taxon details

Pontaster Sladen, 1885

IRMNG_ID

1335776 (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:1335776)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Benthopectinidae Verrill, 1899

Direct children (25)

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Species Pontaster mimicus Sladen, 1889
Species Pontaster subtuberculatus Sladen, 1889
Species Pontaster tenuispinus (Düben & Koren, 1846)
Species Pontaster teres Sladen, 1889
Species Pontaster coronatus (Perrier, 1884) accepted as Cheiraster mirabilis (Perrier, 1881)
Species Pontaster cribellum Alcock, 1893 accepted as Cheiraster cribellum (Alcock, 1893)
Species Pontaster echinulatus (Perrier, 1875) accepted as Cheiraster echinulatus (Perrier, 1875)
Species Pontaster forcipatus Sladen, 1889 accepted as Pectinaster filholi Perrier, 1885
Species Pontaster hebitus Sladen, 1889 accepted as Pontaster tenuispinus (Düben & Koren, 1846)
Species Pontaster hispidus Wood-Mason & Alcock, 1891 accepted as Pectinaster mimicus (Sladen, 1889)
Species Pontaster limbatus Sladen, 1889 accepted as Pontaster tenuispinus (Düben & Koren, 1846)
Species Pontaster marionis (Perrier, 1885) accepted as Pontaster tenuispinus (Düben & Koren, 1846)
Species Pontaster mirabilis (Perrier, 1881) accepted as Cheiraster mirabilis (Perrier, 1881)
Species Pontaster nitida Koehler, 1909 accepted as Pontaster tenuispinus (Düben & Koren, 1846)
Species Pontaster oligoporus Perrier, 1894 accepted as Cheiraster echinulatus (Perrier, 1875)
Species Pontaster oxyacanthus Sladen, 1889 accepted as Cheiraster oxyacanthus (Sladen, 1889)
Species Pontaster perplexus Perrier, 1894 accepted as Cheiraster sepitus (Verrill, 1885)
Species Pontaster pilosus Alcock, 1893 accepted as Cheiraster pilosus (Alcock, 1893)
Species Pontaster planeta Sladen, 1889 accepted as Cheiraster planeta (Sladen, 1889)
Species Pontaster platynota Sladen, 1889 accepted as Pontaster tenuispinus (Düben & Koren, 1846)
Species Pontaster pristinus Sladen, 1889 accepted as Pectinaster filholi Perrier, 1885
Species Pontaster pulcher Sladen, 1889 accepted as Persephonaster pulcher Perrier, 1881
Species Pontaster sepitus Verrill, 1894 accepted as Cheiraster sepitus (Verrill, 1885)
Species Pontaster trullipes Sladen, 1889 accepted as Cheiraster trullipes (Sladen, 1889)
Species Pontaster venustus Sladen, 1889 accepted as Cheiraster sepitus (Verrill, 1885)

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Rep. Voy. Challenger, Narr., 1 (2)
page(s): 610 [details]

Taxonomic citation

IRMNG (2022). Pontaster Sladen, 1885. Accessed at: https://irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1335776 on 2024-05-16

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

changed

db_admin

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original description Rep. Voy. Challenger, Narr., 1 (2)
page(s): 610 [details]

basis of record SN2000 unverified [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]

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 WoRMS (Mar 2013) [details]

current name source CoL2006 [details]

extant flag source SN2000 unverified [details]

habitat flag source Aphia 2006 [details]

From other sources

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

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