Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Echinodermata > Subphylum Asterozoa > Class Asteroidea > Superorder Valvatacea > Order Paxillosida > Family Astropectinidae

Persephonaster Wood-Mason & Alcock, 1891

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

Psilasteropsis Fisher, 1906 synonym

Children

Persephonaster leptactis H.L. Clark, 1941
Persephonaster patagiatus (Sladen, 1889)
Persephonaster sphenoplax (Bell, 1892)

Literature

original description

Wood-Mason, J.; Alcock, A. (1891). Natural history notes from H.M. Indian marine survey steamer 'Investigator', Commander R.F. Hoskyn, R.N., commanding. Series II, No. 1. On the results of deep-sea dredging during the season 1890-1891 Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. VIII, Sixth series(XLVIII): 427-452, plate XVII

basis of record

Clark, A.M. (1989). An index of names of recent Asteroidea, part 1: Paxillosida and Notomyotida, in: Jangoux, M.; Lawrence, J.M. (Ed.) (1989). Echinoderm Studies, 3: pp. 225-347

additional source

Clark, A.M. and M.E. Downey. (1992). Starfishes of the Atlantic. Chapman & Hall Identification Guides, 3. Chapman & Hall: London, UK. ISBN 0-412-43280-3. xxvi, 794 pp.

additional source

North East Atlantic Taxa

additional source

Fisher, W.K. (1919). Starfishes of the Philippine seas and adjacent waters. Bulletin of the United States National Museum, 3(100): 1-547. 156 pls.

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Citation

Mah, C. (2014). Persephonaster Wood-Mason & Alcock, 1891. In: Mah, C.L. (2014) World Asteroidea database. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:123252

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Occurrence

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Environment


marine, not brackish, not fresh, not terrestrial

Importance

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Last modified

2009-01-17 by Christopher Mah

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