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Plinthaster ceramoidea  (Fisher, 1906)
Taxonomic Serial No.: 990621

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Common Name(s):    
  Valid Name: Plinthaster ceramoideus (Fisher, 1906)
 
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: invalid - other, see comments   
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Christopher Mah  
  Notes: Research Collaborator, Department of Invertebrate Zoology (MRC163), National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20560-0163   
  Reference for: Plinthaster ceramoidea    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: WoRMS - World Asteroidea Database, database (version undefined)  
  Acquired: 2014   
  Notes: Mah, C.L. (2014) World Asteroidea database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org   
  Reference for: Plinthaster ceramoidea   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Brown, Roland Wilbur  
  Publication Date: 1956   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Composition of Scientific Words   
  Page(s): 1-882   
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  Reference for: Plinthaster ceramoidea   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Mah, Christopher  
  Publication Date: 1998   
  Article/Chapter Title: New records, taxonomic notes, and a Checklist of Hawaiian Starfish   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Bishop Museum Occasional Papers, vol. 55: Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey for 1997, Part 1: Articles   
  Page(s): 66-72   
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  Notes: Available online at http://hbs.bishopmuseum.org/pubs-online/pdf/op55.pdf   
  Reference for: Plinthaster ceramoidea   
       

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 Comments
       
  Comment: urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:368841  
    The original epithet, ceramoidea, appears to be 'ceramo-' (potter's clay, ceramic, etc.) with the oideus suffix, which takes the regular -us, -a, um adjectival endings (Brown 1956:483). Fisher (1911:154) elevated the subgenus Tosia (Plinthaster) to generic rank, and modified the epithet to reflect its masculine gender, Plinthaster ceramoideus (Fisher, 1906). This is what appears to have been used in the literature consistently until the late 1990s, and Fisher's formulation appears to be justified and correct  
 

 

    

 
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