Genus Cosmasterias Sladen, 1889
- Cosmasterias 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 [562, 576] [proposed with subgeneric rank in
Asterias Linnaeus, 1758].Type species:
Asteracanthion sulcifer Valenciennes, 1869 by subsequent designation, see Verrill, A.E. 1914. Monograph of the shallow water starfishes of the North Pacific coast from the Arctic Ocean to California. Harriman Alaska Series 14(1): 1-408 pls 1-110 [358]. - Quadraster Perrier, E. 1896. Contribution à l'étude des Stellérides de l'Atlantique Nord (Golfe de Gascoyne, Açores, Terre-Neuve). Résultats des Campagnes Scientifiques accomplies par le Prince Albert I. Monaco 11: 1-571 pls 1-40 [27].
Type species:
Stichaster felipes Sladen, 1889 by original designation.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Spencer, W.K. & Wright, C.W. 1966. Asterozoans. pp. U4-U107 figs 1-89 in Moore, R.C. (ed.). Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology. Part U. Echinodermata. 3. Asterozoa-Echinozoa. Kansas : Geological Society of America and University of Kansas Press Vol. 1. [U76]
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Tasmania
Extra Distribution Information
New Zealand, Southwest Pacific Ocean
IMCRA
Tasmania Province (10), Southeast Transition (11), Central Eastern Province (12), Tasman Basin Province (13), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), West Tasmania Transition (9)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 11-Feb-2012 | 11-Feb-2012 | MOVED | ||
| 09-Aug-2012 | MODIFIED |