WoRMS taxon details
Pisaster Müller & Troschel, 1840
Calliasterias Fewkes, 1889 · unaccepted
- Species Pisaster brevispinus (Stimpson, 1857)
- Species Pisaster giganteus (Stimpson, 1857)
- Species Pisaster ochraceus (Brandt, 1835)
- Species Pisaster antarcticus Koehler, 1917 accepted as Anasterias perrieri (E. A. Smith, 1876) (Synonym according to A.M. Clark (1962))
- Species Pisaster capitatus (Stimpson, 1862) accepted as Pisaster giganteus (Stimpson, 1857)
- Species Pisaster confertus (Stimpson, 1862) accepted as Pisaster ochraceus (Brandt, 1835)
- Species Pisaster fissispinus (Stimpson, 1862) accepted as Pisaster ochraceus (Brandt, 1835) (Synonym according to Fisher (1926, 1930))
- Species Pisaster grayi Verrill, 1914 accepted as Leptasterias (Hexasterias) polaris (Müller & Troschel, 1842) (Synonym according to Fisher (1930))
- Species Pisaster luetkeni (Stimpson, 1862) accepted as Pisaster giganteus (Stimpson, 1857)
- Species Pisaster papulosus (Verrill, 1909) accepted as Pisaster brevispinus (Stimpson, 1857) (Synonym according to Fisher (1926, 1930))
- Species Pisaster paucispinus (Stimpson, 1862) accepted as Pisaster brevispinus (Stimpson, 1857)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Müller, J.; Troschel, F. H. (1840). Fortgesetzte Bemerkungen uber die Gattungen der Asteriden. <em>Archiv für Naturgeschichte.</em> 6(1): 367-368., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7203234
page(s): 368 [details]
page(s): 368 [details]
Mah, C.L. (2025). World Asteroidea Database. Pisaster Müller & Troschel, 1840. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=240754 on 2025-04-03
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Nomenclature
original description
Müller, J.; Troschel, F. H. (1840). Fortgesetzte Bemerkungen uber die Gattungen der Asteriden. <em>Archiv für Naturgeschichte.</em> 6(1): 367-368., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7203234
page(s): 368 [details]
original description (of Calliasterias Fewkes, 1889) Fewkes, J. W. (1889). New invertebrata from the coast of California. <em>Bulletin of the Essex Institute, Salem.</em> 21(7,8,9): 99-146, plates 1-7., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11711150
page(s): 33 [details]
basis of record Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
page(s): 368 [details]
original description (of Calliasterias Fewkes, 1889) Fewkes, J. W. (1889). New invertebrata from the coast of California. <em>Bulletin of the Essex Institute, Salem.</em> 21(7,8,9): 99-146, plates 1-7., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11711150
page(s): 33 [details]
basis of record Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
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additional source
Fisher, W.K. (1926). <i>Pisaster</i>, a genus of sea-stars. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> 9(17): 560-561, pl.20, fig.3. [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
