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WoRMS taxon details

Nearchaster Fisher, 1911

AphiaID

370821 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:370821)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Benthopectinidae Verrill, 1899

Synonymised names

Saraster A.H. Clark, 1916 · unaccepted (Synonym according to A.M. Clark (1981).)

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Subgenus Nearchaster (Myaster) Döderlein, 1921
1. Species Nearchaster (Myaster) fisheri Döderlein, 1921
Subgenus Nearchaster (Nearchaster) Fisher, 1911
1. Species Nearchaster (Nearchaster) aciculosus (Fisher, 1910)
2. Species Nearchaster (Nearchaster) musorstomi Aziz & Jangoux, 1985
3. Species Nearchaster (Nearchaster) pedicellaris (Fisher, 1910)
4. Species Nearchaster (Nearchaster) variabilis (Fisher, 1910)
5. Species Nearchaster (Nearchaster) yodomiensis (Goto, 1914)
6. Species Nearchaster (Nearchaster) geminus Djakonov, 1950 accepted as Nearchaster (Nearchaster) variabilis geminus Djakonov, 1950
7. Species Nearchaster (Nearchaster) vagans Djakonov, 1950 accepted as Nearchaster (Nearchaster) pedicellaris vagans Djakonov, 1950

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Fisher, W.K. (1911). Two new genera of starfishes. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 8th series, v. 7: 89-92., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15814793
page(s): 91 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Mah, C.L. (2024). World Asteroidea Database. Nearchaster Fisher, 1911. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=370821 on 2024-11-21

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2008-12-06 03:13:29Z

created

Mah, Christopher

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original description Fisher, W.K. (1911). Two new genera of starfishes. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 8th series, v. 7: 89-92., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15814793
page(s): 91 [details]

original description (of Saraster A.H. Clark, 1916) Clark, A. H. (1916). Six new starfishes from the Gulf of California and adjacent waters. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 29: 51-62., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3336447
page(s): 54 [details]