Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Echinodermata > Subphylum Asterozoa > Class Asteroidea > Superorder Valvatacea > Order Notomyotida > Family Benthopectinidae > Genus Pontaster

Pontaster tenuispinus (Düben & Koren, 1846)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Pontaster*	Sladen, 1885	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Astropecten tenuispinus*	Düben & Koren, 1846	synonym
*Crenaster marionis*	Perrier, 1885	synonym
*Pontaster hebitus*	Sladen, 1889	synonym
*Pontaster limbatus*	Sladen, 1889	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Swedish: nålsjöstjärna

Literature

basis of record	Hansson, H.G. (2001). Echinodermata, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 336-351
additional source	Gosner, K.L. 1971. Guide to identification of marine and estuarine invertebrates: Cape Hatteras to the Bay of Fundy. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 693 p.
additional source	ITIS database
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	Dyntaxa (2013) Swedish Taxonomic Database. Accessed at www.dyntaxa.se [15-01-2013].
additional source	North East Atlantic Taxa

Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

Barcode of Life (28 barcodes)
Biodiversity Heritage Library (45 publications)
USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection
GenBank (5 nucleotides; 5 proteins)
GBIF

Citation

Mah, C. (2014). Pontaster tenuispinus (Düben & Koren, 1846). 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:123851