WoRMS taxon details
Caulaster pedunculatus Perrier, 1882
123926 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:123926)
accepted
Species
Damnaster tasmani H.E.S. Clark & McKnight, 1994 · unaccepted (Synonym according to Mironov et...)
Synonym according to Mironov et al. (2023)
Porcellanaster eremicus Sladen, 1889 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Perrier, E. (1882). Sur une Asterie des grande profundeurs de l'Atlantique, pourvue d'un peduncle dorsale. <em>Comptes rendus hebdomadaires des séances de l'Académie des sciences.</em> 95: 1379-1381., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36332511
page(s): 1379 [details]
page(s): 1379 [details]
Mah, C.L. (2025). World Asteroidea Database. Caulaster pedunculatus Perrier, 1882. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=123926 on 2025-04-18
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Nomenclature
original description
Perrier, E. (1882). Sur une Asterie des grande profundeurs de l'Atlantique, pourvue d'un peduncle dorsale. <em>Comptes rendus hebdomadaires des séances de l'Académie des sciences.</em> 95: 1379-1381., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36332511
page(s): 1379 [details]
original description (of Porcellanaster eremicus Sladen, 1889) Sladen, W.P. (1889). Report on the Asteroidea. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–1876. Zoology.</em> 30 (part 51): xlii + 893 pages, 118 plates., available online at http://www.19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-51/README.htm
page(s): 145 [details]
original description (of Damnaster tasmani H.E.S. Clark & McKnight, 1994) Clark, H.E.S. and McKnight D.G. (1994). <i>Damnaster tasmani</i>, a new genus and species of Asteoidea (Echinodermata) from New Zealand. <em>Invertebrate Taxonomy.</em> 8(6) 1367 - 1372., available online at http://www.publish.csiro.au/IS/IT9941367 [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): 1379 [details]
original description (of Porcellanaster eremicus Sladen, 1889) Sladen, W.P. (1889). Report on the Asteroidea. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–1876. Zoology.</em> 30 (part 51): xlii + 893 pages, 118 plates., available online at http://www.19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-51/README.htm
page(s): 145 [details]
original description (of Damnaster tasmani H.E.S. Clark & McKnight, 1994) Clark, H.E.S. and McKnight D.G. (1994). <i>Damnaster tasmani</i>, a new genus and species of Asteoidea (Echinodermata) from New Zealand. <em>Invertebrate Taxonomy.</em> 8(6) 1367 - 1372., available online at http://www.publish.csiro.au/IS/IT9941367 [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]
Taxonomy
taxonomy source
Mironov, A. N.; Dilman, A. B.; Petrov, N. B.; Vladychenskaya, I. P. (2023). Taxonomic Status and Composition of the Genera <i>Caulaster</i>, <i>Porcellanaster</i> and <i>Eremicaster</i> (Asteroidea) Based on Juvenile Morphology and Molecular Phylogenetic Data. <em>Diversity.</em> 15(10): 1032., available online at https://www.mdpi.com/1424-2818/15/10/1032 [details]
Other
context source (Deepsea)
Dilman A.B. (2014). Deep-sea fauna of European seas: An annotated species check-list of benthic invertebrates living deeper than 2000 m in the seas bordering Europe. Asteroidea. <i>Invertebrate Zoology</i>. Vol.11. No.1: 25–42 [in English]. [details] Available for editors 
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Synonymy Synonym according to Doderlein (1921) but reinstated by Mironov et al. (2023) [details]
