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Slime Stars

Pteraster Müller & Troschel 1842

Scientific Names

Preferred Names

Pteraster Müller & Troschel 1842
Genus recognized by EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Apterodon Fischer 1880
Genus recognized by GBIF data coverage
Pteraster
Genus recognized by wikipedia NL, wikipedia TR, EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1, EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1, Australia Species List, Canada Species List, Chile Species List, Ecuador Species List, New Zealand Species List, Norway Species List, Philippines Species List, Puerto Rico Species List, Russia Species List, South Africa Species List, Sweden Species List, Territory of Heard Island and McDonald Islands, The Bahamas Species List, Japan Species List, Indonesia Species List, Arctic Ocean Species List, Barents Sea Species List, Bay of Biscay Species List, Bay of Fundy Species List, Beaufort Sea Species List, Bering Sea Species List, Bass Strait Species List, Caribbean Sea Species List, Chukchi Sea Species List, Coral Sea Species List, Davis Strait Species List, Greenland Sea Species List, Gulf of Alaska Species List, Gulf of Mexico Species List, Gulf of St Lawrence Species List, Indian Ocean Species List, Labrador Sea Species List, North Atlantic Species List, Molukka Sea Species List, North Pacific Species List, North Sea Species List, Philippine Sea Species List, Sea of Okhostk Species List, Skagerrak Species List, South China Sea Species List, Southern Ocean Species List, Tasman Sea Species List, South Atlantic Species List, South Pacific Species List, NCBI, Gulf of Oman Species List, United States Species List, wikidata_hierarchy tar gz, wikipedia FR, wikipedia EN, Wikidata Common Names, Wikimedia Commons, Barcode of Life Data Systems, iNaturalist data coverage, and Wikipedia (inferred records)
Pteraster
Recognized by NMNH Antarctic Invertebrates, IABIN, Furui 2020, and Harvard Museum of Comparative Zoology
Pteraster Clark
Recognized by Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology
Pteraster Müller & Troschel 1842
Genus recognized by GBIF classification, Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023, Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy, and World Register of Marine Species

Alternative Names

Apterodon Fisher 1940
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Hexaster Perrier 1891
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Lophopteraster Verrill 1895
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Marsipaster Sladen 1882
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Pteraster subgen. Temnaster Verrill 1894
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Pterasterides Verrill 1909
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Retaster Perrier 1878
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Temnaster Verrill 1894
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Apterodon
Harvest ancestor according to Paleobiology Database
Apterodon Fisher 1940
Invalid according to Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy
Hexaster Perrier 1891
Invalid according to Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy
Lophopteraster Verrill 1895
Invalid according to Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy
Marsipaster Sladen 1882
Invalid according to Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy
Pteraster
Harvest ancestor according to Arctic Register of Marine Species, GBIF national node type records UK, GBIF national node type records France, GBIF national node type records Germany, NMNH type specimens, iDigBio type specimen records, iDigBio type specimen records, iDigBio type specimen records, iNaturalist, NMNH Collection, Harvard Museum of Comparative Zoology, TreatmentBank, Global Biotic Interactions, Global Biotic Interactions, and Global Biotic Interactions
Pterasterides Verrill 1909
Invalid according to Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy
Retaster Perrier 1878
Invalid according to Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy
Temnaster Verrill 1894
Invalid according to Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy

Common Names

English

slime stars preferred
Recognized by World Register of Marine Species

Japanese

マクヒトデ属 preferred
Recognized by Furui 2020 and World Register of Marine Species

Curated hierarchies for Pteraster Müller & Troschel 1842

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Echinodermata
Asterozoa
Asteroidea de Blainville 1830
Velatida Perrier 1884
Pterasteridae Perrier 1875
Pteraster Müller & Troschel 1842 (this page)
Pteraster abyssorum (Verrill 1895)
Pteraster acicula (Downey 1970)
Pteraster affinis Smith 1876
Pteraster alveolatus Perrier 1894
Pteraster bathami Fell 1958
Pteraster capensis Gray 1847
Pteraster caribbaeus Perrier 1881
Pteraster corynetes Fisher 1916
Pteraster coscinopeplus Fisher 1910
Pteraster diaphanus (Ludwig 1905)
Pteraster educator Djakonov 1958
Pteraster flabellifer Mortensen 1933
Pteraster florifer Koehler 1920
Pteraster fornicatus Mortensen 1933
Pteraster gibber (Sladen 1882)
Pteraster hastatus Mortensen 1913
Pteraster hirsutus (Sladen 1882)
Pteraster hymenasteroides Djakonov 1958
Pteraster hystrix Harvey 1989
Pteraster ifurus Golotsvan 1998
Pteraster jordani Fisher 1905
Pteraster koehleri A. M. Clark 1962
Pteraster marsippus Fisher 1910
Pteraster militarioides H. L. Clark 1941
Pteraster militaris (O. F. Müller 1776)
Pteraster minutus Djakonov 1958
Pteraster multiporus H. L. Clark 1908
Pteraster myonotus Fisher 1916
Pteraster obesus H. L. Clark 1908
Pteraster obscurus (Perrier 1891)
Pteraster octaster Verrill 1909
Pteraster personatus Sladen 1891
Pteraster pulvillus M. Sars 1861
Pteraster reticulatus Fisher 1906
Pteraster robertsoni McKnight 1973
Pteraster rugatus Sladen 1882
Pteraster rugosus H. L. Clark 1941
Pteraster sjadesensis Lane & Vimono 2020
Pteraster solitarius Djakonov 1958
Pteraster spinosissimus (Sladen 1882)
Pteraster stellifer Sladen 1882
Pteraster temnochiton Fisher 1910
Pteraster tesselatus Ives 1888
Pteraster tetracanthus H. L. Clark 1916
Pteraster texius Golotsvan 1998
Pteraster trigonodon Fisher 1910
Pteraster uragensis Hayashi 1940
Pteraster willsi Clark & Jewett 2011
Amembranaster Golotsvan 1998
Benthaster Sladen 1882
Calyptraster Sladen 1882
Diplopteraster Verrill 1880
Euretaster Fisher 1940
Hymenaster Wyville Thomson 1873
Hymenasterides Fisher 1911

Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023

Biota
Animalia
Echinodermata
Asterozoa
Asteroidea
Ambuloasteroidea Blake & Hagdorn 2003
Neoasteroidea Gale 1987
Velatida Perrier 1893
Pterasteridae Perrier 1875
Pteraster Müller & Troschel 1842 (this page)
Pteraster abyssorum (Verrill 1895)
Pteraster acicula (Downey 1970)
Pteraster affinis Smith 1876
Pteraster alveolatus Perrier 1894
Pteraster angulatus Gale 2022
Pteraster balticus Gale 2022
Pteraster bathami Fell 1958
Pteraster capensis Gray 1847
Pteraster caribbaeus Perrier 1881
Pteraster corynetes Fisher 1916
Pteraster coscinopeplus Fisher 1910
Pteraster cretachiton Gale 2022
Pteraster diaphanus (Ludwig 1905)
Pteraster educator Djakonov 1958
Pteraster flabellifer Mortensen 1933
Pteraster florifer Koehler 1920
Pteraster fornicatus Mortensen 1933
Pteraster gibber (Sladen 1882)
Pteraster hastatus Mortensen 1913
Pteraster hirsutus (Sladen 1882)
Pteraster hymenasteroides Djakonov 1958
Pteraster hystrix Harvey 1989
Pteraster ifurus Golotsvan 1998
Pteraster jordani Fisher 1905
Pteraster koehleri A. M. Clark 1962
Pteraster kutscheri Gale 2022
Pteraster marsippus Fisher 1910
Pteraster militarioides H. L. Clark 1941
Pteraster militaris (O. F. Müller 1776)
Pteraster minutus Djakonov 1958
Pteraster multiporus H. L. Clark 1908
Pteraster myonotus Fisher 1916
Pteraster nudus Gale 2022
Pteraster obesus H. L. Clark 1908
Pteraster obscurus (Perrier 1891)
Pteraster octaster Verrill 1909
Pteraster paucispinus Gale 2022
Pteraster personatus Sladen 1891
Pteraster pulvillus M. Sars 1861
Pteraster reticulatus Fisher 1906
Pteraster robertsoni McKnight 1973
Pteraster rugatus Sladen 1882
Pteraster rugosus H. L. Clark 1941
Pteraster seafordensis Gale 2022
Pteraster sjadesensis Lane & Vimono 2020
Pteraster solitarius Djakonov 1958
Pteraster spinosissimus (Sladen 1882)
Pteraster stellifer Sladen 1882
Pteraster temnochiton Fisher 1910
Pteraster tesselatus Ives 1888
Pteraster tetracanthus H. L. Clark 1916
Pteraster texius Golotsvan 1998
Pteraster trigonodon Fisher 1910
Pteraster turoniense Gale 2022
Pteraster uragensis Hayashi 1940
Pteraster willsi Clark & Jewett 2011
Amembranaster Golotsvan 1998
Benthaster Sladen 1882
Calyptraster Sladen 1882
Diplopteraster Verrill 1880
Euretaster Fisher 1940
Hansaster Gale 2018
Hymenaster Wyville Thomson 1873
Hymenasterides Fisher 1911
Longwyaster Gale 2018
Propteraster Gale 2018
Savignaster Gale 2011

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Echinodermata
Asterozoa
Asteroidea
Velatida
Pterasteridae
Pteraster (this page)
Pteraster abyssorum (Verrill 1895)
Pteraster acicula (Downey 1970)
Pteraster affinis Smith 1876
Pteraster alveolatus Perrier 1894
Pteraster bathami Fell 1958
Pteraster capensis Gray 1847
Pteraster caribbaeus Perrier 1881
Pteraster corynetes Fisher 1916
Pteraster coscinopeplus Fisher 1910
Pteraster diaphanus (Ludwig 1905)
Pteraster educator Djakonov 1958
Pteraster flabellifer Mortensen 1933
Pteraster florifer Koehler 1920
Pteraster fornicatus Mortensen 1933
Pteraster gibber (Sladen 1882)
Pteraster hastatus Mortensen 1913
Pteraster hirsutus (Sladen 1882)
Pteraster hymenasteroides Djakonov 1958
Pteraster hystrix Harvey 1989
Pteraster ifurus Golotsvan 1998
Pteraster jordani Fisher 1905
Pteraster koehleri A. M. Clark 1962
Pteraster marsippus Fisher 1910
Pteraster militarioides H. L. Clark 1941
Pteraster militaris (O. F. Muller 1776)
Pteraster minutus Djakonov 1958
Pteraster multiporus H. L. Clark 1908
Pteraster myonotus Fisher 1916
Pteraster obesus H. L. Clark 1908
Pteraster obscurus (Perrier 1891)
Pteraster octaster Verrill 1909
Pteraster personatus Sladen 1891
Pteraster pulvillus M. Sars 1861
Pteraster reticulatus Fisher 1906
Pteraster robertsoni Mc Knight 1973
Pteraster rugatus Sladen 1882
Pteraster rugosus H. L. Clark 1941
Pteraster solitarius Djakonov 1958
Pteraster spinosissimus (Sladen 1882)
Pteraster stellifer Sladen 1882
Pteraster temnochiton Fisher 1910
Pteraster tesselatus Ives 1888
Pteraster tetracanthus H. L. Clark 1916
Pteraster texius Golotsvan 1998
Pteraster trigonodon Fisher 1910
Pteraster uragensis Hayashi 1940
Pteraster willsi Clark & Jewett 2011
Amembranaster
Benthaster
Calyptraster
Diplopteraster
Euretaster
Hymenaster
Hymenasterides

GBIF classification

Animalia
Echinodermata
Asteroidea
Velatida
Pterasteridae
Pteraster Müller & Troschel 1842 (this page)
Pteraster abyssorum (Verrill 1895)
Pteraster acicula (Downey 1970)
Pteraster affinis Smith 1876
Pteraster alveolatus Perrier 1894
Pteraster bathami Fell 1958
Pteraster capensis Gray 1847
Pteraster caribbaeus Perrier 1881
Pteraster corynetes Fisher 1916
Pteraster coscinopeplus Fisher 1910
Pteraster diaphanus (Ludwig 1905)
Pteraster educator Djakonov 1958
Pteraster flabellifer Mortensen 1933
Pteraster florifer Koehler 1920
Pteraster fornicatus Mortensen 1933
Pteraster gibber (Sladen 1882)
Pteraster hastatus Mortensen 1913
Pteraster hirsutus (Sladen 1882)
Pteraster hymenasteroides Djakonov 1958
Pteraster hystrix Harvey 1989
Pteraster ifurus Golotsvan 1998
Pteraster jordani Fisher 1905
Pteraster koehleri A. M. Clark 1962
Pteraster marsippus Fisher 1910
Pteraster militarioides H. L. Clark 1941
Pteraster militaris (O. F. Müller 1776)
Pteraster minutus Djakonov 1958
Pteraster multiporus H. L. Clark 1908
Pteraster myonotus Fisher 1916
Pteraster obesus H. L. Clark 1908
Pteraster obscurus (Perrier 1891)
Pteraster octaster Verrill 1909
Pteraster personatus Sladen 1891
Pteraster pulvillus M. Sars 1861
Pteraster reticulatus Fisher 1906
Pteraster robertsoni Mc Knight 1973
Pteraster rugatus Sladen 1882
Pteraster rugosus H. L. Clark 1941
Pteraster solitarius Djakonov 1958
Pteraster spinosissimus (Sladen 1882)
Pteraster stellifer Sladen 1882
Pteraster temnochiton Fisher 1910
Pteraster tesselatus Ives 1888
Pteraster tetracanthus H. L. Clark 1916
Pteraster texius Golotsvan 1998
Pteraster trigonodon Fisher 1910
Pteraster uragensis Hayashi 1940
Pteraster willsi Clark & Jewett 2011
Amembranaster Golotsvan 1998
Benthaster Sladen 1882
Calyptraster Sladen 1882
Diplopteraster Verrill 1880
Euretaster Fisher 1940
Hymenaster Wyville Thomson 1873
Hymenasterides Fisher 1911
Savignaster Gale 2011

Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy

Animalia
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Echinodermata Bruguière 1791
Asterozoa
Asteroidea de Blainville 1830
Velatida Perrier 1884
Pterasteridae Perrier 1875
Pteraster Müller & Troschel 1842 (this page)
Pteraster abyssorum (Verrill 1895)
Pteraster acicula (Downey 1970)
Pteraster affinis Smith 1876
Pteraster alveolatus Perrier 1894
Pteraster bathami Fell 1958
Pteraster capensis (Gray 1847)
Pteraster caribbaeus Perrier 1881
Pteraster corynetes Fisher 1916
Pteraster coscinopeplus Fisher 1910
Pteraster diaphanus (Ludwig 1905)
Pteraster educator Djakonov 1958
Pteraster flabellifer Mortensen 1933
Pteraster florifer Koehler 1920
Pteraster fornicatus Mortensen 1933
Pteraster gibber (Sladen 1882)
Pteraster hastatus Mortensen 1913
Pteraster hirsutus (Sladen 1882)
Pteraster hymenasteroides Djakonov 1958
Pteraster hystrix Harvey 1989
Pteraster ifurus Golotsvan 1998
Pteraster jordani Fisher 1905
Pteraster koehleri A. M. Clark 1962
Pteraster marsippus Fisher 1910
Pteraster militarioides H. L. Clark 1941
Pteraster militaris (O. F. Müller 1776)
Pteraster minutus Djakonov 1958
Pteraster multiporus H. L. Clark 1908
Pteraster obesus H. L. Clark 1908
Pteraster obscurus (Perrier 1891)
Pteraster octaster Verrill 1909
Pteraster personatus Sladen 1891
Pteraster pulvillus M. Sars 1861
Pteraster reticulatus Fisher 1906
Pteraster robertsoni McKnight 1973
Pteraster rugatus Sladen 1882
Pteraster rugosus H. L. Clark 1941
Pteraster solitarius Djakonov 1958
Pteraster spinosissimus (Sladen 1882)
Pteraster stellifer Sladen 1882
Pteraster temnochiton Fisher 1910
Pteraster tenuissimus (Bernasconi 1966)
Pteraster tesselatus Ives 1888
Pteraster tetracanthus H. L. Clark 1916
Pteraster texius Golotsvan 1998
Pteraster trigonodon Fisher 1910
Pteraster uragensis Hayashi 1940
Pteraster willsi R. N. Clark & Jewett 2011
Amembranaster Golotsvan 1998
Benthaster Sladen 1882
Calyptraster Sladen 1882
Diplopteraster Verrill 1880
Euretaster Fisher 1940
Hymenaster Thomson 1873
Hymenasterides Fisher 1911

NCBI

root
cellular organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Eumetazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Echinodermata
Eleutherozoa
Asterozoa
Asteroidea
Spinulosacea
Velatida
Pterasteridae
Pteraster (this page)
Pteraster coscinopeplus
Pteraster jordani
Pteraster militaris
Pteraster obscurus
Pteraster pulvillus
Pteraster tesselatus
unclassified Pteraster
Diplopteraster
Euretaster
Hymenaster

wikidata_hierarchy tar gz

Biota
Eukaryota
Unikonta
Opisthokonta
Holozoa
Filozoa
Apoikozoa
Animalia
Eumetazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Echinodermata
Asteroidea
Velatida
Pterasteridae
Pteraster (this page)
Pteraster abyssorum
Pteraster acicula
Pteraster aculeatus
Pteraster alveolatus
Pteraster bathami
Pteraster capensis
Pteraster caribbaeus
Pteraster corynetes
Pteraster coscinopeplus
Pteraster cribrosus
Pteraster danae
Pteraster diaphanus
Pteraster educator
Pteraster flabellifer
Pteraster florifer
Pteraster fornicatus
Pteraster gibber
Pteraster glomus
Pteraster hastatus
Pteraster hirsutus
Pteraster hunteri
Pteraster hymenasteroides
Pteraster hystrix
Pteraster ifurus
Pteraster inflatus
Pteraster jordani
Pteraster koehleri
Pteraster marsippus
Pteraster militarioides
Pteraster militaris
Pteraster minutus
Pteraster multiporus
Pteraster myonotus
Pteraster obesus
Pteraster obscurus
Pteraster octaster
Pteraster ornatus
Pteraster personatus
Pteraster pulvillus
Pteraster reticulatus
Pteraster robertsoni
Pteraster rugatus
Pteraster rugosus
Pteraster semireticulatus
Pteraster sjadesensis
Pteraster solitarius
Pteraster stellifer
Pteraster stoibe
Pteraster temnochiton
Pteraster tenuissimus
Pteraster tesselatus
Pteraster tessellatus
Pteraster tetracanthus
Pteraster texius
Pteraster trigonodon
Pteraster uragensis
Pteraster willsi
Amembranaster
Benthaster
Calyptraster
Diplopteraster
Euretaster
Hymenaster
Hymenasterides
Hymenasterinae
Marsipaster
Pterasterinae
Retaster

World Register of Marine Species

Animalia
Echinodermata
Asteroidea
Velatida
Pterasteridae
Pteraster Müller & Troschel 1842 (this page)
Amembranaster
Amembranaster Golotsvan 1998
Benthaster
Benthaster Sladen 1882
Calyptraster
Calyptraster Sladen 1882
Diplopteraster
Diplopteraster Verrill 1880
Euretaster
Euretaster Fisher 1940
Hansaster
Hansaster Gale 2018
Hymenaster
Hymenaster Wyville Thomson 1873
Hymenasterides
Hymenasterides Fisher 1911
Longwyaster
Longwyaster Gale 2018
Propteraster
Propteraster Gale 2018
Pteraster
Savignaster
Savignaster Gale 2011
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