The World Asteroidea Database - Rhipidaster polyctenius Fisher, 1913

Asteroidea name details

Rhipidaster polyctenius Fisher, 1913

AphiaID

379861 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:379861)

Classification

Status

unaccepted

Accepted Name

Xenorias polyctenius (Fisher, 1913) accepted as Rhipidaster vannipes Sladen, 1889

Rank

Species

Parent

Rhipidaster Sladen, 1889

Orig. name

Rhipidaster polyctenius Fisher, 1913

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Fisher, W.K. (1913). New starfishes from the Philippine Islands, Celebes, and the Moluccas. Proceedings of the Untied States National Museum 46: 201-224, available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7761999#page/261/mode/1up
page(s): 222 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Mah, C.L. (2021). World Asteroidea Database. Rhipidaster polyctenius Fisher, 1913. Accessed at: http://marinespecies.org/Asteroidea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=379861 on 2024-04-27

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2009-01-08 03:57:10Z

created

Mah, Christopher

[taxonomic tree]

original description Fisher, W.K. (1913). New starfishes from the Philippine Islands, Celebes, and the Moluccas. Proceedings of the Untied States National Museum 46: 201-224, available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7761999#page/261/mode/1up
page(s): 222 [details]

context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (1 record)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (Holotype USNM 32649)