Astropecten

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Paxillosida
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Echinodermata Subphylum: Eleutherozoa Superclassis: Asterozoa Classis: Asteroidea Ordo: Paxillosida

Familia: Astropectinidae
Genus: Astropecten
Species: A. acanthifer – A. acutiradiatus – A. africanus – A. alatus – A. alligator – A. americanus – A. anacanthus – A. andersoni – A. antillensis – A. aranciacus – A. armatus – A. articulatus – A. bandanus – A. bengalensis – A. benthophilus – A. bispinosus – A. brasiliensis – A. brevispinus – A. californicus – A. carcharicus – A. caribemexicanensis – A. celebensis – A. cingulatus – A. comptus – A. debilis – A. dubiosus – A. duplicatus – A. eremicus – A. eucnemis – A. euryacanthus – A. exiguus – A. exilis – A. fasciatus – A. formosus – A. fragilis – A. gisselbrechti – A. granulatus – A. griegi – A. gruveli – A. guineensis – A. hawaiiensis – A. hemprichi – A. hermatophilus – A. huepferi – A. ibericus – A. imbellis – A. indicus – A. inutilis – A. irregularis – A. jarli – A. javanicus – A. jonstoni – A. kagoshimensis – A. karankawai – A. latespinosus – A. leptus – A. liberiensis – A. luzonicus – A. malayanus – A. mamillatus – A. marginatus – A. mauritianus – A. mcedwardi – A. michaelseni – A. minadensis – A. monacanthus – A. nitidus – A. novaeguineae – A. nuttingi – A. orientalis – A. ornatissimus – A. orsinii – A. pedicellaris – A. petalodea – A. platyacanthus – A. polyacanthus – A. preissi – A. primigenius – A. productus – A. progressor – A. pugnax – A. pulcherrimus – A. pusillulus – A. pusillus – A. regalis – A. sanctaehelenae – A. sarasinorum – A. scoparius – A. siderialis – A. sinicus – A. spiniphorus – A. spinulosus – A. sulcatus – A. sumbawanus – A. tamilicus – A. tasmanicus – A. tenellus – A. tenuis – A. timorensis – A. triacanthus – A. triseriatus – A. umbrinus – A. validispinosus – A. vappa – A. variegatus – A. velitaris – A. verrilli

Name

Astropecten Gray, 1840

Synonyms

† Lophidiaster Spencer, 1914
Stellaria Nardo, 1834

References

Primary references

Gray, G.R. 1840. A list of the genera of birds, with an indication of the typical species of each genus, compiled from various sources. 80 pp. Richard and John Taylor (London). BHL DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.13777 Reference page. [original dscription of Astropecten]
Spencer, W.K. 1914. The Evolution of the Cretaceous Asteroidea. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 204(303-312): 99-177. DOI: 10.1098/rstb.1914.0004 Reference page. [original descrption of † Lophidiaster: p. 138]

Additional references

Cobb, J.C., Lawrence, J.M., Herrera, J.C., Lopez, K. & Janies, D. 2019. A new species of Astropecten (Echinodermata: Asteroidea: Paxillosida: Astropectinidae) and a comparison of the Astropecten species from the Gulf of Mexico and the East Florida Shelf. Zootaxa 4612(3): 301–325. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4612.3.1. Reference page.
Ely, C.A. 1942. Shallow water Asteroidea and Ophiuroidea of Hawaii. Bernice P. Bishop Museum Bulletin. 176: 1–63. Hathitrust. Reference page. [as Astropecten p. 11]
Fisher, W.K. 1906. New starfishes from the Pacific Coast of North America. Proceedings of the Washington Academy of Sciences. 8: 111–139. BHL Reference page. [as Astropecten p. 118–119]
Fisher, W.K. 1911. Asteroidea of the North Pacific and adjacent waters. Part 1. Phanerozonia and Spinulosida. Bulletin of the United States National Museum. 76(1): xiii+420 pp.; 122 pls. BHL Reference page. [as Astropecten p. 55–56]
Fisher, W.K. 1913. Four new genera and fifty-eight new species of starfishes from the Philippine Islands, Celebes, and the Moluccas. Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 43(1944): 599–648. BHL Reference page. [as Astropecten p. 604–605]
Lawrence, J.M. & Cobb, J. 2017. Validation of Astropecten jarli Madsen, 1950 and implications for A. cingulatus Sladen, 1883 (Paxillosida: Astropectinidae). Zootaxa 4269(1): 101–114. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4269.1.4. Reference page.
Lawrence, J.M., Cobb, J., Herrera, J.C., Durán-González, A. & Solís-Marín, F.A. 2018. Morphological comparison of Astropecten cingulatus and a new species of Astropecten (Paxillosida, Astropectinidae) from the Gulf of Mexico. Zootaxa 4407(1): 86–100. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4407.1.5 Reference page.
Sladen, W.P. 1889. Report on the Asteroidea. Report on the scientific results of the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-76 Part 51, Zoology 30: i–xlii, 1–893. BHL Reference page. [as Astropecten p. 193–198]
Zulliger, D.E. & Lessios, H.A. 2010: Phylogenetic relationships in the genus Astropecten Gray (Paxillosida: Astropectinidae) on a global scale: molecular evidence for morphological convergence, species-complexes and possible cryptic speciation. Zootaxa 2504: 1–19. Preview Reference page.