The World Asteroidea Database - Ophidiaster pyramidatus Gray, 1840

Asteroidea name details

Ophidiaster pyramidatus Gray, 1840

AphiaID

378746 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:378746)

Classification

Status

unaccepted

Accepted Name

Ophidiaster (Pharia) pyramidatus Gray, 1840 accepted as Pharia pyramidata (Gray, 1840)

Rank

Species

Parent

Ophidiaster L. Agassiz, 1836

Orig. name

Ophidiaster pyramidatus Gray, 1840

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): 284 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Mah, C.L. (2021). World Asteroidea Database. Ophidiaster pyramidatus Gray, 1840. Accessed at: http://www.marinespecies.org/asteroidea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=378746 on 2024-04-20

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2008-12-25 15:21:38Z

created

Mah, Christopher

2017-04-15 02:01:08Z

changed

Mah, Christopher

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Sources (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): 284 [details]