The World Asteroidea Database - Verrillaster Downey, 1973

Asteroidea name details

Verrillaster Downey, 1973

AphiaID

146066 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:146066)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (synonym according to Tortonese & Downey (1977).)

Accepted Name

Echinaster Müller & Troschel, 1840

Rank

Genus

Parent

Echinasteridae Verrill, 1867

Direct children (1)

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Species Verrillaster spinulosus (Verrill, 1869) accepted as Echinaster (Othilia) spinulosus Verrill, 1869 (Synonym)

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Downey, M.E. (1973). Starfishes from the Caribbean and the Gulf of Mexico. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 126: 1-158., available online at https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/5506
page(s): 89 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Mah, C.L. (2021). World Asteroidea Database. Verrillaster Downey, 1973. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Asteroidea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=146066 on 2024-04-19

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Hansson, Hans

2008-10-26 13:36:06Z

changed

Mah, Christopher

2009-01-20 18:13:59Z

changed

Mah, Christopher

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Sources (2)
Links (1)

original description Downey, M.E. (1973). Starfishes from the Caribbean and the Gulf of Mexico. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 126: 1-158., available online at https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/5506
page(s): 89 [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]

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