Genus Coscinasterias Verrill, 1867
- Coscinasterias Verrill, A.E. 1867. Notes on the Radiata in the Museum of Yale College with descriptions of new genera and species. Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences 1(2): 247-351 [248].
Type species:
Coscinasterias muricata Verrill, 1867 by monotypy. - Stolasterias Sladen, W.P. 1889. Asteroidea. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger 1873–1876, Zoology 30: 1-893 pls 1-117 [583] [proposed with subgeneric rank in Asterias Linnaeus, 1758].
Type species:
Asterias tenuispina Lamarck, 1816 by subsequent designation, see Fisher, W.K. 1923. A preliminary synopsis of the Asteriidae, a family of sea-stars. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 9 12(28): 247-258, 596-607 [256]. - Lytaster Perrier, E. 1894. Echinodermes - Premiére partie. Partie descriptive. I. Stellérides. Expéditions Scientifiques du 'Travailleur' et du 'Talisman' pendent les années 1880, 1881, 1882, 1883 3: 431 pp., 26 pls. [98].
Type species:
Lytaster inaequalis Perrier, 1894 by monotypy. - Polyasterias Perrier, E. 1894. Echinodermes - Premiére partie. Partie descriptive. I. Stellérides. Expéditions Scientifiques du 'Travailleur' et du 'Talisman' pendent les années 1880, 1881, 1882, 1883 3: 431 pp., 26 pls. [108].
Type species:
Asterias tenuispina Lamarck, 1816 by subsequent designation, see Fisher, W.K. 1928. Asteroidea of the North Pacific and adjacent waters. Part 2. Forcipulata (part). Bulletin of the United States National Museum 76: 1-245 6 figs pls 1-81 [128].
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
New Zealand, Southwest Pacific Ocean
IMCRA
Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 15-Sep-2023 | 02-Sep-2014 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |