North Atlantic Register of Marine Species (NARMS)

NARMS taxon details

Anseropoda placenta (Pennant, 1777)

AphiaID

123985 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:123985)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Anseropoda Nardo, 1834

Original name

Asterias placenta Pennant, 1777

Synonymised names

Asterias cartilaginea Fleming, 1828 · unaccepted (synonym)

Asterias membranacea Retzius, 1783 · unaccepted (Synonym according to Ludwig (1897))

Asterias placenta Pennant, 1777 · unaccepted (synonym)

Asteriscus palmipes Müller & Troschel, 1842 · unaccepted (synonym)

Palmipes membranaceus (Retzius, 1783) · unaccepted (synonym according to Bell (1891))

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

(of Asterias placenta Pennant, 1777) Pennant, T. (1777). British Zoology, vol. IV. Crustacea. Mollusca. Testacea. London. i-viii, 1-154, pls. 1-93., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/127011
page(s): 62 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Mah, C.L. (2025). World Asteroidea Database. Anseropoda placenta (Pennant, 1777). Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: https://vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=123985 on 2026-03-01

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Anseropoda placenta (Pennant, 1777). Accessed at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=123985 on 2026-03-01

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Hansson, Hans

2008-10-24 13:48:31Z

changed

Mah, Christopher

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original description (of Asterias cartilaginea Fleming, 1828) Fleming, J. (1828). A history of British animals, exhibiting the descriptive characters and systematical arrangement of the genera and species of quadrupeds, birds, reptiles, fishes, Mollusca, and Radiata of the United Kingdom; including the indigenous, extirpated, and extinct kinds, together with periodical and occasional visitants. Edinburgh, Bell & Bradfute / London, James Duncan. Pp. i-xxii, 1-565. corrigenda., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/18569
page(s): 485 [details]

original description (of Asterias membranacea Retzius, 1783) Retzius, A. J. (1783). Anmärkningar vid. Asteriae genus. Kungliga Svenska Vetenskapsakademiens handlingar. 4, 230-248., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46983423
page(s): 238 [details]

original description (of Asterias placenta Pennant, 1777) Pennant, T. (1777). British Zoology, vol. IV. Crustacea. Mollusca. Testacea. London. i-viii, 1-154, pls. 1-93., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/127011
page(s): 62 [details]

original description (of Asteriscus palmipes Müller & Troschel, 1842) Müller, J. and Troschel, F. H. (1842). System der Asteriden.1. Asteriae. 2. Ophiuridae. Vieweg: Braunschweig. xxx+134 pp. 12 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/44159
page(s): 39 [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 Southward, E.C.; Campbell, A.C. (2006). [Echinoderms: keys and notes for the identification of British species]. Synopses of the British fauna (new series), 56. Field Studies Council: Shrewsbury, UK. ISBN 1-85153-269-2. 272 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/145561.pdf [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]