Tethyaster

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: Tethyaster
Species: †T. albertensis – †T. antares – T. aulophora – T. canaliculatus – T. grandis – †T. guerangeri – †T. jurassicus – T. pacei – T. subinermis – T. tangaroae – T. vestitus

Name

Tethyaster Sladen, 1889

Type species: Asterias subinermis Philippi, 1837, by subsequent designation by A.M. Clark & A.H. Clark (1954: 5).

Synonymy

• Plutonaster (Tethyaster) Sladen, 1889: 101–102.
• Moiraster Sladen, 1889: 192–193; — Fisher, 1919: 143; — Mortensen, 1933: 424.
  • Type species: Archaster magnificus Bell, 1881, by monotypy.
  • Synonymised by A.M. Clark & A.H. Clark (1954: 6).
• Tethyaster Sladen, 1889; — Perrier, 1894: 322–323; — Fisher, 1919: 143; — Koehler, 1921: 53–54; — Mortensen, 1933: 424; — A.M. Clark & A.H. Clark, 1954: 5–8.
• Sideriaster Verrill, 1899: 219; 1915: 191–192; — Fisher, 1919: 143; — Mortensen, 1933: 424.
  • Type species: Sideriaster grandis Verrill, 1899, by monotypy.
  • Synonymised by A.M. Clark & A.H. Clark (1954: 6).
• Anthosticte Fisher, 1911: 417; 1919: 140, 143; — Mortensen, 1933: 424.
  • Type species: Anthosticte aulophora Fisher, 1911, by original designation.
  • Synonymised by A.M. Clark & A.H. Clark (1954: 6).

References

• Clark, A.M., Clark, A.H. 1954. A revision of the sea-stars of the genus Tethyaster. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. 122(11): 1–27. BHL. Reference page. 
• Fisher, W.K. 1911. New genera of starfishes from the Philippine Islands. Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 40: 415–427. BHL. Reference page. 
• Fisher, W.K. 1919. Contributions to the biology of the Philippine Archipelago and adjacent regions, vol. 3 . Starfishes of the Philippine seas and adjacent waters. Bulletin of the United States National Museum. 100(3): 1–547. 156 pls. hdl: 10088/21263 BHL Reference page. 
• Mortensen, O.T.J. 1933. The echinoderms of St. Helena (Other than crinoids). Papers from Dr. Th. Mortensen's Pacific Expedition 1914-16. LXVI. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra den Naturhistoriske Forening i Kjøbenhavn. 93: 401-473; pl. XX-XXII. PDF Reference page. 
• Koehler, J.B.F.R. 1921. Échinodermes. Faune de France. 1: 1-216, 153 fig. BHL PDF Reference page. 
• Perrier, E. 1894. Échinodermes. I. Stellérides. Expéditions scientifiques du Travailleur et du Talisman pendant les années 1880, 1881, 1882, 1883. 3:1-431, 26 pls. BHL 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. 
• Verrill, A.E. 1899. Revision of certain Genera and Species of Starfishes, with descriptions of new forms. Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences. 10(1): 145-234. BHL. Reference page. 
• Verrill, A.E. 1915. Report on the starfishes of the West Indies, Florida, and Brazil, including those obtained by the Bahama expedition from the University of Iowa in 1893. Bulletin from the laboratories of natural history of the State University of Iowa. 7: 1–232. BHL Reference page.