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

Pseudarchaster gracilis (Sladen, 1889)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Pseudarchaster*	Sladen, 1889	accepted genus name
*Aphroditaster*	Sladen, 1889	synonym

Species group names

*Aphroditaster gracilis*	Sladen, 1889	synonym
*Astrogonium aequabile*	Koehler, 1907	synonym
*Astrogonium aphrodite*	Perrier, 1894	synonym
*Astrogonium eminens*	Koehler, 1907	synonym
*Astrogonium marginatum*	Koehler, 1909	synonym
*Astrogonium necator*	Perrier, 1894	synonym
*Pseudarchaster concinnus*	Verrill, 1894	synonym
*Pseudarchaster ordinatus*	Verrill, 1899	synonym

Children

Pseudarchaster gracilis gracilis (Sladen, 1889)

Literature

original description	Sladen, W.P. (1889). Report on the Asteroidea. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-1876, Zoology 30(51): xlii + 893 pages 118 plates.
basis of record	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.

Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection
GBIF

Citation

Mah, C. (2014). Pseudarchaster gracilis (Sladen, 1889). 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:178133