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Scientific Names

Preferred Names

Pteraster Müller & Troschel 1842
Genus recognized by EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Pteraster
Pteraster Clark

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
Apterodon Fisher 1940
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2 - Test
Hexaster Perrier 1891
Hexaster Perrier 1891
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2 - Test
Lophopteraster Verrill 1895
Lophopteraster Verrill 1895
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2 - Test
Marsipaster Sladen 1882
Marsipaster Sladen 1882
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2 - Test
Pteraster subgen. Temnaster Verrill 1894
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2 - Test
Pterasterides Verrill 1909
Pterasterides Verrill 1909
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2 - Test
Retaster Perrier 1878
Retaster Perrier 1878
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2 - Test
Temnaster Verrill 1894
Temnaster Verrill 1894
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2 - Test

Common Names

English

slime stars preferred

Japanese

マクヒトデ属 preferred

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)

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)

Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2 - Test

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)

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Echinodermata
Asterozoa
Asteroidea
Velatida
Pterasteridae
Pteraster (this page)

GBIF classification

Animalia
Echinodermata
Asteroidea
Velatida
Pterasteridae
Pteraster Müller & Troschel 1842 (this page)

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)