The World Asteroidea Database

Asteroidea name details

Tonia Gray, 1840

AphiaID

378959 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:378959)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (synonym according to Sladen (1889))

Accepted Name

Stichaster Müller & Troschel, 1840

Rank

Genus

Parent

Stichasteridae Perrier, 1885

Direct children (2)

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Species Tonia atlantica Gray, 1840 accepted as Stichaster striatus Müller & Troschel, 1840 (synonym according to Sladen (1889))
Species Tonia aurantiaca (Verrill, 1870) accepted as Stichaster aurantiacus (Meyen, 1834) accepted as Stichaster striatus Müller & Troschel, 1840

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Gray, J.E. (1840). XXII. A synopsis of the genera and species of the class Hypostoma (Asterias, Linnaeus). <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> 6: 175-184., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2335959
page(s): 180 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Mah, C.L. (2021). World Asteroidea Database. Tonia Gray, 1840. Accessed at: http://www.marinespecies.org/asteroidea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=378959 on 2024-04-23

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2008-12-29 02:59:07Z

created

Mah, Christopher

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Sources (1)

original description Gray, J.E. (1840). XXII. A synopsis of the genera and species of the class Hypostoma (Asterias, Linnaeus). <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> 6: 175-184., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2335959
page(s): 180 [details]