The World Asteroidea Database - Acalia Gray, 1840

Asteroidea name details

Acalia Gray, 1840

AphiaID

368960 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:368960)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > nomen nudum

Rank

Genus

Parent

Ophidiasteridae Verrill, 1870

Synonymised names

Linckia (Acalia) Gray, 1840 · unaccepted

Direct children (3)

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Species Acalia erythraea Gray, 1840 accepted as Linckia (Acalia) erythraea Gray, 1840 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
Species Acalia intermedia Gray, 1840 accepted as Linckia (Acalia) intermedia Gray, 1840 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
Species Acalia pulchella Gray, 1840 accepted as Linckia (Acalia) pulchella Gray, 1840 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Gray, J.E. (1840). XXXII. A synopsis of the genera and species of the class Hypostoma (Asterias, Linnaeus). Annals of the Magazine of Natural History. 6: 275-290., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2336044#page/309/mode/1up
page(s): 285 [details]

Descriptive notes

Taxonomy Unrecognisable according to H.L. Clark (1921). A.M. Clark (1993) writes that diagnoses are inadequate for recognition. No...

Taxonomy Unrecognisable according to H.L. Clark (1921). A.M. Clark (1993) writes that diagnoses are inadequate for recognition. No type species designated. [details]

Taxonomic citation

Mah, C.L. (2021). World Asteroidea Database. Acalia Gray, 1840. Accessed at: http://marinespecies.org/Asteroidea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=368960 on 2024-04-19

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2008-10-24 18:54:18Z

created

Mah, Christopher

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Notes (1)

original description Gray, J.E. (1840). XXXII. A synopsis of the genera and species of the class Hypostoma (Asterias, Linnaeus). Annals of the Magazine of Natural History. 6: 275-290., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2336044#page/309/mode/1up
page(s): 285 [details]

From editor or global species database

Taxonomy Unrecognisable according to H.L. Clark (1921). A.M. Clark (1993) writes that diagnoses are inadequate for recognition. No type species designated. [details]