Taxonomic Checklist
Phylum:
Other non-Molluscan Phyla (Echinodermata, Brachiopoda etc) are being added to the checklist and photo sections of the website. This is to help identify species that may be mistaken for Mollusca, but are not.
Echinodermata (Phylum) > Asterozoa (Subphylum) > Asteroidea (Class)
Class: ASTEROIDEA
Forcipulatacea
Forcipulatida
Astrostole Fisher, 1923 =Margaraster Hutton, 1872
rodolphi (Perrier, 1875) K.A.
Coscinasterias Verrill, 1867 (C. muricata Verrill, 1867) =Asterias (Coscinasterias) Verrill, 1867, =Asterias (Stolasterias) Sladen, 1889, =Coscinasterias (Coscinasterias) Verrill, 1867 accepted, alternate representation, =Lytaster Perrier, 1894, =Stolasterias Sladen, 1889 accepted, alternate representation
Sclerasterias Perrier, 1891 =Australiaster Fisher, 1923, =Eustolasterias Fisher, 1923, =Rumbleaster McKnight, 2006, =Triplasterias Engel, Croes & Schroevers, 1960
mollis (Hutton, 1872) K.A.C.F.An.
STICHASTERIDAE Perrier, 1885
Allostichaster Verrill, 1914
insignis (Farquhar, 1895) C.F.An.E.
Stichaster Müller & Troschel, 1840 =Coelasterias Verrill, 1867, =Tonia Gray, 1840
Spinulosacea
Spinulosida
ECHINASTERIDAE Verrill, 1867
Echinaster Müller & Troschel, 1840 (Asterias seposita Retzius, 1783) =Echinaster (Othilia) Gray, 1840 accepted, alternate representation, =Othilia Gray, 1840, =Rhopia Gray, 1840, =Thyraster Ives, 1890, =Verrillaster Downey, 1973
colemani Rowe & Albertson, 1987
Valvatacea
Paxillosida
ASTROPECTINIDAE Gray, 1840
Astropecten Gray, 1840 (Asterias aranciaca Linnaeus, 1758) =Lophidiaster Spencer, 1914, =Stellaria Nardo, 1834
Psilaster Sladen, 1885 (Astropecten andromeda Müller & Troschel, 1842) =Phidiaster Koehler, 1909, =Ripaster Koehler, 1906
acuminatus Sladen, 1889
Luidia Forbes, 1839
maculata Müller & Troschel, 1842 =australiae Döderlein, =ceylonica Döderlein, =varia Mortensen K.A.
Valvatida
Meridiastra O'Loughlin, 2002
Patiriella Verrill, 1913 (Asterina regularis Verrill, 1867)
Stegnaster Sladen, 1889 (Pteraster inflatus Hutton, 1872)
ASTERODISCIDIDAE Rowe, 1977
Asterodiscides A.M. Clark, 1974
truncatus (Coleman, 1911) K.A.
ODONTASTERIDAE Verrill, 1899
Diplodontias Fisher, 1908 (Pentagonaster dilatatus Perrier, 1875) =Goniodon Perrier, 1894
dilatatus (Perrier, 1875) C.F.An.E.
miliaris (Gray, 1847) C.F.E.
robustus (Fell, 1953) An.
Eurygonias Farquhar, 1913
hylacanthus Farquhar, 1913 C.F.An.E.
Pentagonaster Gray, 1840
pulchellus Gray, 1840 =abnormale Gray, =abnormalis Gray, =elegans Ayres, =pulchellum Gray A.C.F.M.An.E.
Crossaster Müller & Troschel, 1840 (C. papposus (Linnaeus, 1767)) =Polyaster Gray, 1840, =Solaster (Polyaster) Gray, 1840, =Solaster(Polyaster) Gray, 1840
campbellicus McKnight, 1973 F.M.An.
multispinus H.L. Clark, 1916 K.A.C.F.An.
Lophaster Verrill, 1878 (Solaster furcifer Düben & Koren, 1846) =Sarkaster Ludwig, 1905
suluensis Fisher, 1913 K.A.E.
Paralophaster Fisher, 1940
hyalinus H.E.S. Clark, 1970 C.F.
Solaster Forbes, 1839 (Asterias endeca Linnaeus, 1771) =Endeca Gray, 1840, =Solaster (Endeca) Gray, 1840
notophrynus Downey, 1971 =dianae Stampanato & Jangoux An.
torulatus Sladen, 1889 K.A.C.F.An.E.
Velatida
CAYMANOSTELLIDAE Belyaev, 1974
Caymanostella Belyaev, 1974 (C. spinimarginata Belyaev, 1974)
phorcynis Rowe, 1989 A.C.
Peribolaster Sladen, 1889 (P. folliculatus Sladen, 1889)
lictor Fell, 1958 F.M.An.E.
MYXASTERIDAE Perrier, 1885
Asthenactis Fisher, 1906
australis McKnight, 2006 F.
Diplopteraster Verrill, 1880 (Pteraster multipes Sars, 1866)
hurleyi McKnight, 1973 A.C.F.
otagoensis McKnight, 2006 C.F.E.
Hymenaster Wyville Thomson, 1873
blegvadi Madsen, 1956 K.
carnosus Sladen, 1882 A.C.F.
pullatus Sladen, 1882 A.C.F.
estcourti McKnight, 1973 A.C.
Pteraster Müller & Troschel, 1842 (Asterias militaris O.F. Müller, 1776) =Apterodon Fisher, 1940, =Pteraster (Apterodon) Fisher, 1940 accepted, alternate representation
affinis Smith, 1876 =aculeatus Koehler, =brachiatus Koehler, =marplatensis Bernasconi An.
bathami Fell, 1958 M.An.E.
obesus H.L. Clark, 1908 K.
robertsoni McKnight, 1973 C.F.An.
stellifer Sladen, 1882 =danae Verrill An.
Key to Geographical Ranges
The symbols K.A.C.F.M.An. are used to indicate the geographical range of the species.
They have been adopted to give an approximation of the range of each species within New Zealand.
K=
Kermadec Islands
A=
Aupourian - Kaipara Harbour, north around North Cape, encompassing the Three Kings Islands and south to East Cape
C=
Cookian - Lower North Island and the northern part of the South Island
F=
Forsterian - Otago, Fiordland and Stewart Island
M=
Moriorian - Chatham Islands, Pitt Island
An=
Antipodean - Subantarctic Islands of New Zealand
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
E =
Endemic
I =
Introduced
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil