Alloceramaster grenadensis

Familia: Goniasteridae
Genus: Alloceramaster
Species:

Alloceramaster grenadensis (Perrier, 1881)

Original combination: Pentagonaster grenadensis Perrier, 1881

Type locality: Atlantic Ocean, off Grenada, 12°03′55″N 61°49′40″W / 12.0652777°N 61.827777°W / 12.0652777; -61.827777, depth 576 fms.

Holotype: MCZ:IZ:AST-416 [1].

(List may be incomplete)

• Pentagonaster grenadensis Perrier, 1881: 19–20; — Perrier, 1884: 168, 181, 186, 232–233, pl. 8(2); — Sladen, 1889: 265, 266, 744; — Perrier, 1894: 39, 390.
• Pentagonaster crassus Perrier, 1885a: 886; — Perrier, 1885b: 34; — Perrier, 1896: 45.
  • Synonymised by Halpern in Downey (1973: 49).
• Pentagonaster deplasi Perrier, 1885a: 886; — Perrier, 1885b: 34.
  • Synonymised by Halpern in Downey (1973: 49).
• Pentagonaster gosselini Perrier, 1885a: 886; — Perrier, 1885b: 35; — Perrier, 1894: 399–401, pl. 26(4); — Perrier, 1896: 45: — Koehler, 1909b: 84, pl. 1(9).
  • Syntypes: MNHN-IE-2014-114 [2]; MNHN-IE-2014-115 [3]; MNHN-IE-2014-117 [4]; MNHN-IE-2014-120 [5]; MNHN-IE-2014-588 [6]; MNHN-IE-2014-664 [7]; MNHN-IE-2014-667 [8].
  • Synonymised by Halpern in Downey (1973: 49).
• Pentagonaster haesitans Perrier, 1885b: 36; — Perrier, 1894: 397–399, pl. 23(7), 25(2).
  • Type locality: Atlantic Ocean, Morocco, off Cape Ghir, 30°09′00″N 11°41′00″W / 30.15°N 11.68333°W / 30.15; -11.68333, depth 2210 fms.
  • Holotype: MNHN-IE-2014-118 [9].
  • Synonymised by Halpern in Downey (1973: 49).
• Astrogonium greeni Bell, 1889: 433–434, pl. 19(4).
  • Type locality: Atlantic Ocean, southwest coast of Ireland, depth 1000 fms.
  • Holotype: BMNH 1889.9.2.77 [10].
  • Synonymised by Halpern in Downey (1973: 49).
• Pentagonaster balteatus Sladen, 1891: 688–690, pl. 25(1–5); — Farran, 1913: 9–10.
  • Type locality: Atlantic Ocean, southwest of Ireland, 51°01′00″N 11°50′00″W / 51.016667°N 11.833333°W / 51.016667; -11.833333, depth 750 fms.
  • Type: NMI.
  • Synonymised by Halpern in Downey (1973: 49).
• Pentagonaster greeni (Bell, 1889) Bell, 1892: 74–75, textfig.
  • Synonymised by Halpern in Downey (1973: 49).
• Pentagonaster hystricis von Marenzeller, 1893: 4–5, pl. 1(2, 2A), pl. 2(2B–C).
  • Syntype: ZMB Collection Echinodermata 3710 [11].
  • Synonymised by Halpern in Downey (1973: 49).
• Pentagonaster granularis var. deplasi Perrier, 1885; — Perrier, 1894: 401–402, pl. 26(3).
• Pentagonaster kergroheni Koehler, 1895: 453–454, fig. 2; — Koehler, 1896a: 63–66, figs. 8–10.
  • Synonymised by Halpern in Downey (1973: 49).
• Tosia (Ceramaster) greenei (Bell, 1889) Verrill, 1899: 161.
  • Misspelling of T. greeni.
  • Synonymised by Halpern in Downey (1973: 49).
• Tosia (Ceramaster) haesitans (Perrier, 1885) Verrill, 1899: 162.
  • Synonymised by Halpern in Downey (1973: 49).
• Tosia (Ceramaster) grenadensis (Perrier, 1881) Verrill, 1899: 162.
• Tosia (Ceramaster) gosselini (Perrier, 1885) Verrill, 1899: 162.
  • Synonymised by Halpern in Downey (1973: 49).
• Ceramaster grenadensis (Perrier, 1881); — Verrill, 1915: 222; — H.L. Clark, 1941: 38–39; — A.H. Clark, 1954: 375; — Halpern, 1970: 213–218, figs. 8–9; — Halpern in Downey, 1973: 49–50, pl. 17(C–D); — Mah, 2020: 216–217, fig. 6(B–D); — Durán-González et al., 2024: 15.
• Ceramaster hystricis (von Marenzeller, 1893) Koehler, 1924: 176–178; — Cherbonnier, 1956: 4.
  • Synonymised by Halpern in Downey (1973: 49).
• Ceramaster balteatus (Sladen, 1891) Mortensen, 1927: 82–83, fig. 45.
  • Synonymised by Halpern in Downey (1973: 49).
• Alloceramaster grenadensis (Perrier, 1881) Mah, 2025: 55–57, fig. 3.

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• Alloceramaster grenadensis (Perrier, 1881) in the World Asteroidea Database, accessed on May 24, 2025

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