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Pteraster Müller & Troschel, 1842
Taxonomic Serial No.: 157107

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Taxonomy and Nomenclature


	Kingdom:	Animalia
	Taxonomic Rank:	Genus
	Synonym(s):	Retaster Perrier, 1878
		Apterodon Fisher, 1940
		Hexaster Perrier, 1891
		Lophopteraster Verrill, 1895
		Marsipaster Sladen, 1882
		Pterasterides Verrill, 1909
		Temnaster Verrill, 1894
	Common Name(s):	slime stars [English]

	Taxonomic Status:
	Current Standing:	valid

	Data Quality Indicators:
	Record Credibility Rating:	verified - standards met
	Global Species Completeness:	complete
	Latest Record Review:	2014

Taxonomic Hierarchy


	Kingdom	Animalia – Animal, animaux, animals
	Subkingdom	Bilateria – triploblasts
	Infrakingdom	Deuterostomia
	Phylum	Echinodermata Bruguière, 1791 [ex Klein, 1734] – echinoderms, échinodermes, bolacha da praia, equinoderma, equinodermata, estrela do mar, ouriço do mar
	Subphylum	Asterozoa
	Class	Asteroidea de Blainville, 1830 – étoiles de mer, stelléridés, estrela do mar, sea stars, starfishes, starfish, estrella de mar
	Order	Velatida Perrier, 1884
	Family	Pterasteridae Perrier, 1875
	Genus	Pteraster Müller & Troschel, 1842 – slime stars
		Direct Children:
	Species	Pteraster abyssorum (Verrill, 1895)
	Species	Pteraster acicula (Downey, 1970)
	Species	Pteraster affinis Smith, 1876
	Species	Pteraster alveolatus Perrier, 1894
	Species	Pteraster bathami Fell, 1958
	Species	Pteraster capensis (Gray, 1847)
	Species	Pteraster caribbaeus Perrier, 1881
	Species	Pteraster corynetes Fisher, 1916
	Species	Pteraster coscinopeplus Fisher, 1910
	Species	Pteraster diaphanus (Ludwig, 1905)
	Species	Pteraster educator Djakonov, 1958
	Species	Pteraster flabellifer Mortensen, 1933
	Species	Pteraster florifer Koehler, 1920
	Species	Pteraster fornicatus Mortensen, 1933
	Species	Pteraster gibber (Sladen, 1882)
	Species	Pteraster hastatus Mortensen, 1913
	Species	Pteraster hirsutus (Sladen, 1882)
	Species	Pteraster hymenasteroides Djakonov, 1958
	Species	Pteraster hystrix Harvey, 1989
	Species	Pteraster ifurus Golotsvan, 1998
	Species	Pteraster jordani Fisher, 1905
	Species	Pteraster koehleri A. M. Clark, 1962
	Species	Pteraster marsippus Fisher, 1910
	Species	Pteraster militarioides H. L. Clark, 1941
	Species	Pteraster militaris (O. F. Müller, 1776)
	Species	Pteraster minutus Djakonov, 1958
	Species	Pteraster multiporus H. L. Clark, 1908
	Species	Pteraster obesus H. L. Clark, 1908
	Species	Pteraster obscurus (Perrier, 1891)
	Species	Pteraster octaster Verrill, 1909
	Species	Pteraster personatus Sladen, 1891
	Species	Pteraster pulvillus M. Sars, 1861
	Species	Pteraster reticulatus Fisher, 1906
	Species	Pteraster robertsoni McKnight, 1973
	Species	Pteraster rugatus Sladen, 1882
	Species	Pteraster rugosus H. L. Clark, 1941
	Species	Pteraster solitarius Djakonov, 1958
	Species	Pteraster spinosissimus (Sladen, 1882)
	Species	Pteraster stellifer Sladen, 1882
	Species	Pteraster temnochiton Fisher, 1910
	Species	Pteraster tenuissimus (Bernasconi, 1966)
	Species	Pteraster tesselatus Ives, 1888
	Species	Pteraster tetracanthus H. L. Clark, 1916
	Species	Pteraster texius Golotsvan, 1998
	Species	Pteraster trigonodon Fisher, 1910
	Species	Pteraster uragensis Hayashi, 1940
	Species	Pteraster willsi R. N. Clark & Jewett, 2011

References


	Expert(s):
	Expert:	Christopher Mah
	Notes:	Research Collaborator, Department of Invertebrate Zoology (MRC163), National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20560-0163
	Reference for:	Pteraster

	Other Source(s):
	Source:	NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)
	Acquired:	1996
	Notes:
	Reference for:	Pteraster

	Source:	WoRMS - World Asteroidea Database, database (version undefined)
	Acquired:	2014
	Notes:	Mah, C.L. (2014) World Asteroidea database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org
	Reference for:	Pteraster

	Publication(s):
	Author(s)/Editor(s):	Clark, Ailsa M. / Jangoux, Michel, and John M. Lawrence, eds.
	Publication Date:	1996
	Article/Chapter Title:	An index of names of recent Asteroidea, Part 3: Velatida and Spinulosida
	Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:	Echinoderm Studies, vol. 5
	Page(s):	183-246
	Publisher:
	Publication Place:
	ISBN/ISSN:	90-5410-639-5, 0168-6100
	Notes:
	Reference for:	Pteraster

	Author(s)/Editor(s):	Clark, Ailsa M., and Maureen E. Downey
	Publication Date:	1992
	Article/Chapter Title:
	Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:	Starfishes of the Atlantic
	Page(s):	xxvi + 794
	Publisher:	Chapman and Hall
	Publication Place:	New York, New York, USA
	ISBN/ISSN:	0-412-43280-3
	Notes:
	Reference for:	Pteraster

	Author(s)/Editor(s):	Fisher, Walter Kenrick
	Publication Date:	1911
	Article/Chapter Title:	Asteroidea of the North Pacific and Adjacent Waters, Part 1. Phanerozonia and Spinulosa
	Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:	United States National Museum Bulletin, no. 76
	Page(s):	vi + 419
	Publisher:
	Publication Place:
	ISBN/ISSN:
	Notes:	Available online: http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7840387
	Reference for:	Pteraster

Geographic Information


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Comments


	Comment:	urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:123335

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