WoRMS taxon details
Tosia australis Gray, 1840
242161 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:242161)
accepted
Species
Asterias procyon Valenciennes (MS) in Cuvier, 1836 · unaccepted
Astrogonium astrologorum Muller & Troschel, 1842 · unaccepted (Synonym)
Astrogonium geometricum Müller & Troschel, 1842 · unaccepted (Synonym according to Ludwig (1912))
Astrogonium nobile Müller & Troschel, 1843 · unaccepted
Pentagonaster astrologorum (Muller & Troschel, 1842) · unaccepted (A forma according to A.M. Clark (1953).)
Pentagonaster australis (Gray, 1840) · unaccepted (Subsequent name of Tosia...)
Subsequent name of Tosia australis Gray 1840 as designated by Perrier, 1875
Pentagonaster minimus Perrier, 1875 · unaccepted (synonym)
Pentagonaster nobilis (Muller & Troschel, 1843) · unaccepted
Pentagonaster tubercularis (Gray, 1847) · unaccepted (A synonym of Tosia nobilis (=T....)
A synonym of Tosia nobilis (=T. australis) according to A.M. Clark (1953).
Stephanaster astrologorum (Muller & Troschel, 1842) · unaccepted (A forma according to H.L. Clark (1946))
Stephanaster australis (Gray, 1840) · unaccepted (subsequent combination of Tosia...)
subsequent combination of Tosia australis Gray, 1840 by Perrier 1894
Tosia astrologorum (Muller & Troschel, 1842) · unaccepted (A variety according to H.L. Clark...)
A variety according to H.L. Clark (1938)
Tosia nobilis (Muller & Troschel, 1843) · unaccepted (Synonym according to Marsh (1991))
Tosia rubra Gray, 1847 · unaccepted
Tosia tubercularis Gray, 1847 · unaccepted
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 australis Gray, 1840. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=242161 on 2025-04-16
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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]
original description (of Pentagonaster minimus Perrier, 1875) Perrier, E. (1875). Révision de la collection de stellérides du Museum d'Histoire naturelle de Paris. Paris, Reinwald. 384 p., available online at https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044107304818&view=1up&seq=338
page(s): 207 [details]
original description (of Tosia rubra Gray, 1847) Gray, J.E. (1847). Descriptions of some new genera and species of Asteriadae. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 72-83., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12862856
page(s): 81 [details]
original description (of Tosia tubercularis Gray, 1847) Gray, J.E. (1847). Descriptions of some new genera and species of Asteriadae. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 72-83., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12862856
page(s): 80 [details]
original description (of Astrogonium astrologorum Muller & Troschel, 1842) Müller, J. and Troschel, F. H. (1842). System der Asteriden.1. Asteriae. 2. Ophiuridae. <em>Vieweg: Braunschweig.</em> xxx+134 pp. 12 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/44159
page(s): 54 [details]
original description (of Astrogonium geometricum Müller & Troschel, 1842) Müller, J. and Troschel, F. H. (1842). System der Asteriden.1. Asteriae. 2. Ophiuridae. <em>Vieweg: Braunschweig.</em> xxx+134 pp. 12 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/44159
page(s): 54 [details]
original description (of Astrogonium nobile Müller & Troschel, 1843) Müller, J.; Troschel, F. H. (1843). Neue Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Asteriden. <em>Archiv für Naturgeschichte.</em> 9(1), 113-131., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13703144
page(s): 116 [details]
original description (of Asterias procyon Valenciennes (MS) in Cuvier, 1836) Cuvier, G. (1836). Regne Animal (Disciples Edition)- Zoophytes. 20, pl. 1 fig 2., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42719153
page(s): pl. 1 fig 2 [details]
original description (of Tosia astrologorum (Muller & Troschel, 1842)) Verrill, A. E. (1899). Revision of certain genera and species of starfishes, with descriptions of new forms. <em>Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences.</em> 10(1): 145-234., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13456950#page/175/mode/1up [details]
page(s): 281 [details]
original description (of Pentagonaster minimus Perrier, 1875) Perrier, E. (1875). Révision de la collection de stellérides du Museum d'Histoire naturelle de Paris. Paris, Reinwald. 384 p., available online at https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044107304818&view=1up&seq=338
page(s): 207 [details]
original description (of Tosia rubra Gray, 1847) Gray, J.E. (1847). Descriptions of some new genera and species of Asteriadae. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 72-83., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12862856
page(s): 81 [details]
original description (of Tosia tubercularis Gray, 1847) Gray, J.E. (1847). Descriptions of some new genera and species of Asteriadae. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 72-83., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12862856
page(s): 80 [details]
original description (of Astrogonium astrologorum Muller & Troschel, 1842) Müller, J. and Troschel, F. H. (1842). System der Asteriden.1. Asteriae. 2. Ophiuridae. <em>Vieweg: Braunschweig.</em> xxx+134 pp. 12 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/44159
page(s): 54 [details]
original description (of Astrogonium geometricum Müller & Troschel, 1842) Müller, J. and Troschel, F. H. (1842). System der Asteriden.1. Asteriae. 2. Ophiuridae. <em>Vieweg: Braunschweig.</em> xxx+134 pp. 12 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/44159
page(s): 54 [details]
original description (of Astrogonium nobile Müller & Troschel, 1843) Müller, J.; Troschel, F. H. (1843). Neue Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Asteriden. <em>Archiv für Naturgeschichte.</em> 9(1), 113-131., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13703144
page(s): 116 [details]
original description (of Asterias procyon Valenciennes (MS) in Cuvier, 1836) Cuvier, G. (1836). Regne Animal (Disciples Edition)- Zoophytes. 20, pl. 1 fig 2., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42719153
page(s): pl. 1 fig 2 [details]
original description (of Tosia astrologorum (Muller & Troschel, 1842)) Verrill, A. E. (1899). Revision of certain genera and species of starfishes, with descriptions of new forms. <em>Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences.</em> 10(1): 145-234., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13456950#page/175/mode/1up [details]
Other
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 Clark, A. M. (1953). Notes on asteroids in the British Museum (Natural History). III. Luidia. IV. Tosia and Pentagonaster. <em>Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Zoology.</em> 1(12): 379-411. [details]
additional source Naughton, K.M. and O'Hara, T.D. (2009). A new brooding species of the biscuit star <i>Tosia</i> (Echinodermata:Asteroidea:Goniasteridae), distinguished by molecular, morphological and larval characters. Invertebrate Systematics 23: 348-366., available online at http://www.publish.csiro.au/nid/120/paper/IS08021.htm [details]
additional source Clark, A. M. (1953). Notes on asteroids in the British Museum (Natural History). III. Luidia. IV. Tosia and Pentagonaster. <em>Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Zoology.</em> 1(12): 379-411. [details]
additional source Naughton, K.M. and O'Hara, T.D. (2009). A new brooding species of the biscuit star <i>Tosia</i> (Echinodermata:Asteroidea:Goniasteridae), distinguished by molecular, morphological and larval characters. Invertebrate Systematics 23: 348-366., available online at http://www.publish.csiro.au/nid/120/paper/IS08021.htm [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (61 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Pentagonaster australis (Gray, 1840))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Tosia rubra Gray, 1847)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (23 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Tosia nobilis (Muller & Troschel, 1843))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Tosia tubercularis Gray, 1847)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Tosia australis)
To GenBank (354 nucleotides; 78 proteins) (from synonym Tosia nobilis (Muller & Troschel, 1843))
To GenBank (354 nucleotides; 78 proteins)
To MNHN Type collection (IE 2014-18) (from synonym Astrogonium astrologorum Muller & Troschel, 1842)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (24 records)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Pentagonaster australis (Gray, 1840))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Tosia rubra Gray, 1847)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (23 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Tosia nobilis (Muller & Troschel, 1843))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Tosia tubercularis Gray, 1847)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Tosia australis)
To GenBank (354 nucleotides; 78 proteins) (from synonym Tosia nobilis (Muller & Troschel, 1843))
To GenBank (354 nucleotides; 78 proteins)
To MNHN Type collection (IE 2014-18) (from synonym Astrogonium astrologorum Muller & Troschel, 1842)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (24 records)
From editor or global species database
Hosted externally, from synonym
