North Atlantic Register of Marine Species (NARMS)

NARMS taxon details

Anseropoda Nardo, 1834

Anseropoda placenta (Pennant, 1777)

AphiaID

123280 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:123280)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Asterias placenta Pennant, 1777 accepted as Anseropoda placenta (Pennant, 1777) (type by subsequent designation)

Parent

Asterinidae Gray, 1840

Synonymised names

Asteriscus Müller & Troschel, 1842 · unaccepted (Composite of Anseropoda and...)

Composite of Anseropoda and Asterina but see note for full explanation of synonymy

Carna Gistel, 1848 · unaccepted (synonym)

Palmipes L. Agassiz, 1836 · unaccepted

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Species Anseropoda lobiancoi (Ludwig, 1897)
Species Anseropoda placenta (Pennant, 1777)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Nardo, J.D. (1834). De Asteriis. Isis von Oken. 1834: 716-717., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27510121
page(s): 716 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Mah, C.L. (2025). World Asteroidea Database. Anseropoda Nardo, 1834. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=123280 on 2026-02-26

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Anseropoda Nardo, 1834. Accessed at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=123280 on 2026-02-26

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

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Hansson, Hans

2008-10-24 13:48:31Z

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Mah, Christopher

2021-08-18 21:18:41Z

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Mah, Christopher

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original description Nardo, J.D. (1834). De Asteriis. Isis von Oken. 1834: 716-717., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27510121
page(s): 716 [details]

original description (of Asteriscus Müller & Troschel, 1842) Müller, J.; Troschel, F. H. (1840). Ueber die Gattungen der Asterien. Archiv für Naturgeschichte. 6: 318-326., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7203128
page(s): 323 [details]

original description (of Carna Gistel, 1848) Gistel, Johannes [Nepomuk Franz Xaver]. (1848). Naturgeschichte des Tierreichs: für höhere Schulen. 1-216, i-xvi, pls. 1-32. Stuttgart. Scheitlin & Krais., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/175526
page(s): 176 [details]

original description (of Palmipes L. Agassiz, 1836) Agassiz, L. (1836). Prodrome d'une Monographie des Radiaires ou Echinodermes. Mémoires de la Société des Sciences naturelles de Neuchâtel. 1, 168-199., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10596479
page(s): 192 [details]

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. (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source Clark, A. M.; Downey, M. E. (1992). Starfishes of the Atlantic. Chapman & Hall Identification Guides, 3. Chapman & Hall. London, UK. ISBN 0-412-43280-3. xxvi, 794 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source Clark, A. M.; Courtman-Stock, J. (1976). The echinoderms of southern Africa. Publ. No. 766. British Museum (Nat. Hist), London. 277 pp. [details]

additional source Hansson, H. G. (1998). NEAT (North East Atlantic Taxa): Scandinavian Echinodermata Check-List (Comp.). , available online at https://www.gu.se/sites/default/files/2020-10/NEAT%2AEchinodermata.pdf [details]