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WoRMS taxon details

Acodontaster Verrill, 1899

AphiaID

172592 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:172592)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Typetaxon

Gnathaster elongatus Sladen, 1889 accepted as Acodontaster elongatus (Sladen, 1889) (type by original designation)

Parent

Odontasteridae Verrill, 1899

Synonymised names

Heuresaster Bell, 1908 · unaccepted (Synonym of Acodontaster according...)

Synonym of Acodontaster according to Fisher (1940).

Metadontaster Koehler, 1920 · unaccepted (A synonym according to Fisher (1940))

Pseudontaster Koehler, 1912 · unaccepted

Tridontaster Koehler, 1920 · unaccepted (synonym)

Direct children (11)

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Species Acodontaster capitatus (Koehler, 1912)
Species Acodontaster conspicuus (Koehler, 1920)
Species Acodontaster elongatus (Sladen, 1889)
Species Acodontaster hodgsoni (Bell, 1908)
Species Acodontaster marginatus (Koehler, 1912)
Species Acodontaster abbreviatus Koehler, 1923 accepted as Acodontaster conspicuus (Koehler, 1920) (A synonym of A. conspicuus (Koehler, 1920) according to Fisher (1940))
Species Acodontaster ceramoideus Fisher, 1940 accepted as Acodontaster elongatus (Sladen, 1889) (A forma of A. elongatus)
Species Acodontaster cremeus (Ludwig, 1903) accepted as Acodontaster elongatus (Sladen, 1889)
Species Acodontaster granuliferus Koehler, 1912 accepted as Acodontaster elongatus granuliferus (Koehler, 1912) (A subspecies of Acodontaster elongatus)
Species Acodontaster miliaris (Gray, 1847) accepted as Diplodontias miliaris (Gray, 1847)
Species Acodontaster waitei (Koehler, 1920) accepted as Acodontaster conspicuus (Koehler, 1920) (synonym)

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

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., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13456950#page/175/mode/1up
page(s): 204 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Mah, C.L. (2025). World Asteroidea Database. Acodontaster Verrill, 1899. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=172592 on 2025-04-04

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-07-12 13:53:46Z

created

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2005-07-28 06:51:10Z

changed

Braeckman, Ulrike

2008-01-19 09:31:50Z

changed

Mah, Christopher

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description 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., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13456950#page/175/mode/1up
page(s): 204 [details]

original description (of Heuresaster Bell, 1908) Bell, F.J. (1908). Echinoderma. National Antarctic Expedition. Natural History. 4: 1-15, pl. 1-5., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37469070
page(s): 8 [details]

original description (of Metadontaster Koehler, 1920) Koehler, R. (1920). Echinodermata: Asteroidea. Scientific Reports of the Australiasian Antarctic Expedition C8: 1-308. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/162113
page(s): 191 [details]

original description (of Pseudontaster Koehler, 1912) Koehler, R. (1912). Échinodermes nouveaux recueillis dans les mers antarctiques par le ‘Pourquoi Pas?' (Astéries, Ophiures et Échinides). Zoologischer Anzeiger. 39: 151-163., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30143304
page(s): 157 [details]

original description (of Tridontaster Koehler, 1920) Koehler, R. (1920). Echinodermata: Asteroidea. Scientific Reports of the Australiasian Antarctic Expedition C8: 1-308. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/162113 [details]

basis of record Clarke, Andrew; Johnston, Nadine M. (2003). Antarctic marine benthic diversity. Oceanography and Marine Biology: an Annual Review. 41: 47-114. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors

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Other

additional source Clark, A. M.; Downey, M. E. (1992). Starfishes of the Atlantic. Chapman & Hall Identification Guides, 3. Chapman & Hall. London, UK. ISBN 0-412-43280-3. xxvi, 794 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]