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Astropecten Gray, 1840
Taxonomic Serial No.: 156901

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Taxonomy and Nomenclature


	Kingdom:	Animalia
	Taxonomic Rank:	Genus
	Synonym(s):	Stellaria Nardo, 1834
		Astropecten calcitrapa (Lamarck, 1816)
		Astropecten problematicus Döderlein, 1917
		Astropecten regularis Gray, 1840
		Astropecten schoenleini Müller & Troschel, 1842
		Astropecten mesodiscus Gray, 1840
		Astropecten multispinosus Elias da Costa, 1942
		Astropecten olfersi Grube, 1866
		Astropecten tiedemanni Müller & Troschel, 1842
		Astropecten longispinus Müller & Troschel, 1842
		Astropecten diplacanthus Grube, 1866
		Astropecten dussumieri Perrier, 1875
	Common Name(s):

	Taxonomic Status:
	Current Standing:	valid

	Data Quality Indicators:
	Record Credibility Rating:	verified - standards met
	Global Species Completeness:	complete
	Latest Record Review:	2014

Taxonomic Hierarchy


	Kingdom	Animalia – Animal, animaux, animals
	Subkingdom	Bilateria – triploblasts
	Infrakingdom	Deuterostomia
	Phylum	Echinodermata Bruguière, 1791 [ex Klein, 1734] – echinoderms, échinodermes, bolacha da praia, equinoderma, equinodermata, estrela do mar, ouriço do mar
	Subphylum	Asterozoa
	Class	Asteroidea de Blainville, 1830 – étoiles de mer, stelléridés, estrela do mar, sea stars, starfishes, starfish, estrella de mar
	Superorder	Valvatacea Blake, 1987
	Order	Paxillosida Perrier, 1884
	Family	Astropectinidae Gray, 1840
	Genus	Astropecten Gray, 1840
		Direct Children:
	Species	Astropecten acanthifer Sladen, 1883
	Species	Astropecten acutiradiatus Tortonese, 1956
	Species	Astropecten africanus Koehler, 1911
	Species	Astropecten alatus Perrier, 1875
	Species	Astropecten alligator Perrier, 1881
	Species	Astropecten americanus (Verrill, 1880)
	Species	Astropecten anacanthus H. L. Clark, 1926
	Species	Astropecten andersoni Sladen, 1888
	Species	Astropecten antillensis Lütken, 1859
	Species	Astropecten aranciacus (Linnaeus, 1758) – estrella de mar anaranjada
	Species	Astropecten armatus Gray, 1840
	Species	Astropecten articulatus (Say, 1825) – royal sea star
	Species	Astropecten bandanus Döderlein, 1917
	Species	Astropecten bengalensis Döderlein, 1917
	Species	Astropecten benthophilus Ludwig, 1905
	Species	Astropecten bispinosus (Otto, 1823)
	Species	Astropecten brasiliensis Müller & Troschel, 1842
	Species	Astropecten brevispinus Sladen, 1883
	Species	Astropecten carcharicus Döderlein, 1917
	Species	Astropecten caribemexicanensis Caso, 1990
	Species	Astropecten celebensis Döderlein, 1917
	Species	Astropecten cingulatus Sladen, 1883
	Species	Astropecten comptus Verrill, 1915
	Species	Astropecten debilis Koehler, 1910
	Species	Astropecten dubiosus Mortensen, 1925
	Species	Astropecten duplicatus Gray, 1840 – two-spined star fish
	Species	Astropecten eremicus Fisher, 1913
	Species	Astropecten eucnemis Fisher, 1919
	Species	Astropecten euryacanthus Lütken, 1871
	Species	Astropecten exiguus Ludwig, 1905
	Species	Astropecten exilis Mortensen, 1933
	Species	Astropecten fasciatus Döderlein, 1926
	Species	Astropecten formosus Sladen, 1878
	Species	Astropecten fragilis Verrill, 1870
	Species	Astropecten gisselbrechti Döderlein, 1917
	Species	Astropecten granulatus Müller & Troschel, 1842
	Species	Astropecten griegi Koehler, 1909
	Species	Astropecten gruveli Koehler, 1911
	Species	Astropecten hawaiiensis Döderlein, 1917
	Species	Astropecten hemprichi Müller & Troschel, 1842
	Species	Astropecten hermatophilus Sladen, 1883
	Species	Astropecten huepferi Koehler, 1914
	Species	Astropecten ibericus Perrier, 1894
	Species	Astropecten imbellis Sladen, 1883
	Species	Astropecten indicus Döderlein, 1888
	Species	Astropecten inutilis Koehler, 1910
	Species	Astropecten irregularis (Pennant, 1777) – sand star
	Species	Astropecten jarli Madsen, 1950
	Species	Astropecten javanicus Lütken, 1871
	Species	Astropecten jonstoni (Delle Chiaje, 1827)
	Species	Astropecten kagoshimensis de Loriol, 1899
	Species	Astropecten latespinosus Meissner, 1892
	Species	Astropecten leptus H. L. Clark, 1926
	Species	Astropecten liberiensis Koehler, 1914
	Species	Astropecten luzonicus Fisher, 1913
	Species	Astropecten malayanus Döderlein, 1917
	Species	Astropecten mamillatus Koehler, 1914
	Species	Astropecten marginatus Gray, 1840
	Species	Astropecten mauritianus Gray, 1840
	Species	Astropecten michaelseni Koehler, 1914
	Species	Astropecten minadensis Döderlein, 1917
	Species	Astropecten monacanthus Sladen, 1883
	Species	Astropecten nitidus Verrill, 1915
	Species	Astropecten novaeguineae Döderlein, 1917
	Species	Astropecten nuttingi Verrill, 1915
	Species	Astropecten orientalis Döderlein, 1917
	Species	Astropecten ornatissimus Fisher, 1906
	Species	Astropecten orsinii Leipoldt, 1895
	Species	Astropecten pedicellaris Fisher, 1913
	Species	Astropecten petalodea (Retzius, 1805)
	Species	Astropecten platyacanthus (Philippi, 1837)
	Species	Astropecten polyacanthus Müller & Troschel, 1842
	Species	Astropecten preissi Müller & Troschel, 1843
	Species	Astropecten primigenius Mortensen, 1925
	Species	Astropecten productus Fisher, 1906
	Species	Astropecten progressor Döderlein, 1917
	Species	Astropecten pugnax Koehler, 1910
	Species	Astropecten pulcherrimus H. L. Clark, 1938
	Species	Astropecten pusillulus Fisher, 1906
	Species	Astropecten pusillus Sluiter, 1889
	Species	Astropecten regalis Gray, 1840
	Species	Astropecten sanctaehelenae Mortensen, 1933
	Species	Astropecten sarasinorum Döderlein, 1917
	Species	Astropecten scoparius Müller & Troschel, 1842
	Species	Astropecten siderialis Verrill, 1914
	Species	Astropecten sinicus Döderlein, 1917
	Species	Astropecten spiniphorus Madsen, 1950
	Species	Astropecten spinulosus (Philippi, 1837)
	Species	Astropecten sulcatus Ludwig, 1905
	Species	Astropecten sumbawanus Döderlein, 1917
	Species	Astropecten tamilicus Döderlein, 1888
	Species	Astropecten tasmanicus H. E. S. Clark & McKnight, 2000
	Species	Astropecten tenellus Fisher, 1913
	Species	Astropecten tenuis (Bell, 1894)
	Species	Astropecten timorensis Döderlein, 1917
	Species	Astropecten triacanthus (Goto, 1914)
	Species	Astropecten triseriatus Müller & Troschel, 1843
	Species	Astropecten umbrinus Grube, 1866
	Species	Astropecten validispinosus Oguro, 1982
	Species	Astropecten vappa Müller & Troschel, 1843
	Species	Astropecten variegatus Mortensen, 1933
	Species	Astropecten velitaris von Martens, 1865
	Species	Astropecten verrilli de Loriol, 1899

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:	Astropecten

	Other Source(s):
	Source:	NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)
	Acquired:	1996
	Notes:
	Reference for:	Astropecten

	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:	Astropecten

	Publication(s):
	Author(s)/Editor(s):	Clark, Ailsa M., and Maureen E. Downey
	Publication Date:	1992
	Article/Chapter Title:
	Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:	Starfishes of the Atlantic
	Page(s):	xxvi + 794
	Publisher:	Chapman and Hall
	Publication Place:	New York, New York, USA
	ISBN/ISSN:	0-412-43280-3
	Notes:
	Reference for:	Astropecten

Geographic Information


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Comments


	Comment:	urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:123245

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