The World Asteroidea Database - Echinaster ellisi Gray, 1840

WoRMS name details

Echinaster ellisi Gray, 1840

AphiaID

381018 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:381018)

Classification

Status

unaccepted

Accepted Name

Acanthaster ellisi (Gray, 1840) accepted as Acanthaster planci (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank

Species

Parent

Echinaster Gray, 1840 accepted as Acanthaster Gervais, 1841

Orig. name

Echinaster ellisi 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): 281 [details]

Descriptive notes

Taxonomic citation

Mah, C.L. (2024). World Asteroidea Database. Echinaster ellisi Gray, 1840. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=381018 on 2024-05-01

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2009-01-22 02:48:17Z

created

Mah, Christopher

2017-06-14 16:29:03Z

changed

Mah, Christopher

Licensing

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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): 281 [details]