IRMNG - Mediaster Stimpson, 1857

IRMNG taxon details

Mediaster Stimpson, 1857

IRMNG_ID

1330903 (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:1330903)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Goniasteridae Forbes, 1841

Synonymised names

Isaster Verrill, 1894 · unaccepted

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Species Mediaster aequalis Stimpson, 1857
Species Mediaster arcuatus (Sladen, 1889)
Species Mediaster australiensis H.L. Clark, 1916
Species Mediaster bairdi (Verrill, 1882)
Species Mediaster boardmani (Livingstone, 1934)
Species Mediaster brachiatus Goto, 1914
Species Mediaster capensis H.L. Clark, 1923
Species Mediaster dawsoni McKnight, 1973
Species Mediaster elegans Ludwig, 1905
Species Mediaster gartrelli H.E.S. Clark, 2001
Species Mediaster monacanthus H.L. Clark, 1916
Species Mediaster murrayi Macan, 1938
Species Mediaster ornatus Fisher, 1906
Species Mediaster pedicellaris (Perrier, 1881)
Species Mediaster praestans Livingstone, 1933
Species Mediaster sladeni Benham, 1909
Species Mediaster tenellus Fisher, 1905
Species Mediaster transfuga Ludwig, 1905
Species Mediaster abyssi Ludwig, 1905 accepted as Mediaster elegans Ludwig, 1905
Species Mediaster agassizi Verrill, 1899 accepted as Mediaster pedicellaris (Perrier, 1881)
Species Mediaster durbanensis Mortensen, 1933 accepted as Mediaster capensis H.L. Clark, 1923
Species Mediaster florifer Fisher, 1919 accepted as Rosaster florifer (Alcock, 1893)
Species Mediaster japonicus Verrill, 1899 accepted as Ceramaster japonicus (Sladen, 1889)
Species Mediaster patagonicus Verrill, 1899 accepted as Ceramaster patagonicus (Sladen, 1889)
Species Mediaster roseus Alcock, 1893 accepted as Pseudarchaster roseus (Alcock, 1893)
Species Mediaster stellatus Perrier, 1891 accepted as Mediaster bairdi (Verrill, 1882)
Species Mediaster trinadensis Bernasconi, 1957 accepted as Mediaster pedicellaris (Perrier, 1881)
Species Mediaster trinadensis Halpern, 1970 accepted as Mediaster trinadensis Bernasconi, 1957 accepted as Mediaster pedicellaris (Perrier, 1881)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Original description

Boston J. Nat. Hist., 6
page(s): 530 [details]

Taxonomic citation

IRMNG (2024). Mediaster Stimpson, 1857. Accessed at: https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1330903 on 2024-04-18

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2006-09-20 22:00:00Z

created

Rees, Tony

2011-12-31 23:00:00Z

changed

Rees, Tony

2016-11-22 11:10:04Z

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original description Boston J. Nat. Hist., 6
page(s): 530 [details]

basis of record SN2000 unverified [details]

basis of record Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. , available online at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ [details]

verified source for family WoRMS (Mar 2013) [details]

name verified source Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. , available online at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ [details]

current name source CoL2006 [details]

current name source WoRMS (Mar 2013) [details]

extant flag source Sepkoski, J. J., Jr. (2002). A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. <em>Bulletins of American Paleontology.</em> 363, 1-560. [details]

habitat flag source Aphia 2006 [details]

original description (of Isaster Verrill, 1894) Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus., 17, no. 1000
page(s): 257 [details]

From other sources

Descriptive info Includes marine species (Aphia 2006). Marine, extant (?) + fossil: Cretaceous to Recent (Sepkoski 2002) [details]

To BioNames database (from synonym Isaster Verrill, 1894)
To ION (Index to Organism Names) (from synonym Isaster Verrill, 1894)
To WoRMS
To WoRMS (from synonym Isaster Verrill, 1894)