Genus Pteraster Müller & Troschel, 1842
- Pteraster Müller, J. & Troschel, F.H. 1842. System der Asteriden. Braunschweig : Papier, Druck und Verlag 134 pp. 12 pls. [127].
Type species:
Asterias militaris Müller, 1776 by monotypy. - Hexaster Perrier, E. 1891. Sur les Stellérides recueilles dans le golfe de Gascoyne, aux Açores et à Terre-Neuve, pendant les Campagnes scientifiques du Yacht l'Hirondelle. Comptes Rendus (Hebdomadaires) des Séances de l'Academie des Sciences. Série D. Sciences Naturelles 112(21): 1225-1228 [1227].
Type species:
Hexaster obscurus Perrier, 1891 by original designation. - Temnaster Verrill, A.E. 1894. Descriptions of new species of starfishes and ophiurans, with a revision of certain species formerly described, mostly from the collections made by the United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 17: 245-297 [275] [proposed with subgeneric rank in
Pteraster Müller & Troschel, 1842].Type species:
Pteraster (Temnaster) hexactis Verrill, 1894 by monotypy. - Lophopteraster Verrill, A.E. 1895. Distribution of the echinoderms of northeastern America. American Journal of Science 3 49(290, 291): 127-141, 199-212 [203].
Type species:
Lophopteraster abyssorum Verrill, 1895 by original designation. - Pterasterides Verrill, A.E. 1909. Remarkable development of starfishes on the northwest American coast; hybridism; multiplicity of rays; teratology; problems in evolution; geographical distribution. American Zoologist 43: 542-555 figs 1-6 [547].
Type species:
Pteraster aporus Ludwig, 1886 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. [U68]
Distribution
States
Victoria
Extra Distribution Information
West Pacific Ocean, Japan
IMCRA
Southeast Transition (11), Norfolk Island Province (21), Macquarie Island Province (24), Southeast Shelf Transition (37)
Other Regions
Australian Antarctic Territory, Heard & McDonald Islands (Aust. Terr.)
History of changes
Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
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