WoRMS taxon details
Tosia Gray, 1840
123307 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:123307)
accepted
Genus
- Species Tosia australis Gray, 1840
- Species Tosia magnifica (Muller & Troschel, 1842)
- Species Tosia neossia Naughton & O'Hara, 2009
- Subgenus Tosia (Ceramaster) Verrill, 1899 accepted as Ceramaster Verrill, 1899 (original name)
- Species Tosia (Ceramaster) micropelta Fisher, 1906 accepted as Peltaster micropeltus (Fisher, 1906) accepted as Pillsburiaster micropeltus (Fisher, 1906)
- Subgenus Tosia (Plinthaster) Verrill, 1899 accepted as Plinthaster Verrill, 1899
- Species Tosia (Plinthaster) compta Verrill, 1899 accepted as Plinthaster dentatus (Perrier, 1884) (synonym)
- Species Tosia (Plinthaster) nitida Verrill, 1899 accepted as Plinthaster dentatus (Perrier, 1884) (synonym)
- Species Tosia affinis (Perrier, 1884) accepted as Ceramaster grenadensis (Perrier, 1881) accepted as Alloceramaster grenadensis (Perrier, 1881) (Synonym according to Halpern (1970))
- Species Tosia arctica Verrill, 1909 accepted as Ceramaster arcticus (Verrill, 1909)
- Species Tosia astrologorum (Muller & Troschel, 1842) accepted as Tosia australis Gray, 1840 (A variety according to H.L. Clark (1938))
- Species Tosia aurata Gray, 1847 accepted as Tosia magnifica (Muller & Troschel, 1842)
- Species Tosia ceramoidea Fisher, 1906 accepted as Plinthaster ceramoidea (Fisher, 1906)
- Species Tosia clugreta Walenkamp, 1976 accepted as Pawsonaster parvus (Perrier, 1881)
- Species Tosia compta Verrill, 1899 accepted as Plinthaster dentatus (Perrier, 1884) (Synonym according to Halpern (1970))
- Species Tosia eximia (Verrill, 1894) accepted as Ceramaster granularis (Retzius, 1783) (Synonym according to Halpern (1970-PhD Dissertation))
- Species Tosia gosselini (Perrier, 1884) accepted as Ceramaster grenadensis (Perrier, 1881) accepted as Alloceramaster grenadensis (Perrier, 1881) (Synonym according to Halpern (1970))
- Species Tosia grandis Gray, 1847 accepted as Tosia magnifica (Muller & Troschel, 1842)
- Species Tosia granularis (Retzius, 1783) accepted as Ceramaster granularis (Retzius, 1783)
- Species Tosia greenei (Bell, 1889) accepted as Ceramaster grenadensis (Perrier, 1881) accepted as Alloceramaster grenadensis (Perrier, 1881) (Synonym according to Halpern (1970-PhD Dissertation) and in Downey (1973))
- Species Tosia grenadensis (Perrier, 1881) accepted as Ceramaster grenadensis (Perrier, 1881) accepted as Alloceramaster grenadensis (Perrier, 1881)
- Species Tosia haesitans (Perrier, 1885) accepted as Ceramaster grenadensis (Perrier, 1881) accepted as Alloceramaster grenadensis (Perrier, 1881) (synonym according to Halpern in Downey (1973))
- Species Tosia lamarcki (Müller & Troschel, 1842) accepted as Pentagonaster lamarcki (Müller & Troschel, 1842) accepted as Goniaster tessellatus (Lamarck, 1816)
- Species Tosia leptocerama Fisher, 1905 accepted as Ceramaster leptoceramus (Fisher, 1905)
- Species Tosia micropelta Fisher, 1906 accepted as Peltaster micropeltus (Fisher, 1906) accepted as Pillsburiaster micropeltus (Fisher, 1906)
- Species Tosia mirabilis (Perrier, 1875) accepted as Peltaster placenta (Müller & Troschel, 1842) (A synonym according to Ludwig (1897))
- Species Tosia nitida Verrill, 1899 accepted as Plinthaster dentatus (Perrier, 1884) (Synonym according to Halpern (1970))
- Species Tosia nobilis (Muller & Troschel, 1843) accepted as Tosia australis Gray, 1840 (Synonym according to Marsh (1991))
- Species Tosia parva (Perrier, 1881) accepted as Pawsonaster parvus (Perrier, 1881)
- Species Tosia perrieri (Sladen, 1889) accepted as Plinthaster dentatus (Perrier, 1884) (Synonym according to Halpern (1970))
- Species Tosia placenta (Müller & Troschel, 1842) accepted as Peltaster placenta (Müller & Troschel, 1842)
- Species Tosia queenslandensis Livingstone, 1932 accepted as Anchitosia queenslandensis (Livingstone, 1932) (original name for Anchitosia queenslandensis)
- Species Tosia rubra Gray, 1847 accepted as Tosia australis Gray, 1840
- Species Tosia simplex (Verrill, 1895) accepted as Ceramaster granularis (Retzius, 1783) (Synonym according to Halpern (1970-PhD Dissertation))
- Species Tosia tubercularis Gray, 1847 accepted as Tosia australis Gray, 1840
- Species Tosia tuberculata (Gray, 1847) accepted as Toraster tuberculatus (Gray, 1847) (Subsequent combination from H.L. Clark (1923))
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Gray, J.E. (1840). XXXII. A synopsis of the genera and species of the class Hypostoma (<i>Asterias</i>, Linnaeus). <em>Annals of the Magazine of Natural History.</em> 6: 275-290., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2336044#page/309/mode/1up
page(s): 281 [details]
page(s): 281 [details]
Mah, C.L. (2025). World Asteroidea Database. Tosia Gray, 1840. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=123307 on 2025-04-18
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Nomenclature
original description
Gray, J.E. (1840). XXXII. A synopsis of the genera and species of the class Hypostoma (<i>Asterias</i>, Linnaeus). <em>Annals of the Magazine of Natural History.</em> 6: 275-290., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2336044#page/309/mode/1up
page(s): 281 [details]
basis of record Hansson, H.G. (2001). Echinodermata, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i>. 50: pp. 336-351. (look up in IMIS) [details]
page(s): 281 [details]
basis of record Hansson, H.G. (2001). Echinodermata, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i>. 50: pp. 336-351. (look up in IMIS) [details]
Other
additional source
Clark, A. M.; Downey, M. E. (1992). Starfishes of the Atlantic. <i>Chapman & Hall Identification Guides</i>, 3. Chapman & Hall. London, UK. ISBN 0-412-43280-3. xxvi, 794 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Mah, C. (2007). Systematics, phylogeny and historical biogeography of the <i>Pentagonaster</i> clade (Asteroidea: Valvatida: Goniasteridae. <em>Invertebrate Systematics.</em> 21: 311-339., available online at https://doi.org/10.1071/IS06049 [details]
additional source Mah, C. (2007). Systematics, phylogeny and historical biogeography of the <i>Pentagonaster</i> clade (Asteroidea: Valvatida: Goniasteridae. <em>Invertebrate Systematics.</em> 21: 311-339., available online at https://doi.org/10.1071/IS06049 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
