The World Asteroidea Database - Lydiaster Koehler, 1909

Asteroidea taxon details

Lydiaster Koehler, 1909

AphiaID

254793 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:254793)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Goniasteridae Forbes, 1841

Direct children (2)

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Species Lydiaster johannae Koehler, 1909
Species Lydiaster americanus A.H. Clark, 1916 accepted as Circeaster americanus (A.H. Clark, 1916)

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Koehler, R. (1909). Astéries recueillies par l'Investigator dans l'océan indien. I.Les Asteries de Mer Profonde. Echinoderma of the Indian Museum. 5: 1-143 pp., 13 plates., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12034817
page(s): 91 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Mah, C.L. (2024). World Asteroidea Database. Lydiaster Koehler, 1909. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/asteroidea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=254793 on 2024-04-23

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2007-12-17 23:27:22Z

created

Mah, Christopher

2007-12-20 06:34:18Z

changed

Mah, Christopher

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Sources (2)
Documented distribution (1)

original description Koehler, R. (1909). Astéries recueillies par l'Investigator dans l'océan indien. I.Les Asteries de Mer Profonde. Echinoderma of the Indian Museum. 5: 1-143 pp., 13 plates., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12034817
page(s): 91 [details]

basis of record Mah, C.L. (2006). Phylogenetic analysis and biogeography of the deep-sea goniasterid, Circeaster (Echinodermata: Asteroidea) including descriptions of six new species. Zoosystema. 28(4): 917-954., available online at http://web.archive.org/web/20120905182856/http://www.mnhn.fr/museum/front/medias/publication/9248_z06n4a5.pdf [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality