The World Asteroidea Database - Astrogonium fonki Philippi, 1858

Asteroidea name details

Astrogonium fonki Philippi, 1858

AphiaID

382064 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:382064)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (Synonym)

Accepted Name

Glabraster antarctica magellanica (Studer, 1876) accepted as Glabraster antarctica (E. A. Smith, 1876)

Rank

Species

Parent

Astrogonium Müller & Troschel, 1842 accepted as Goniaster L. Agassiz, 1836

Orig. name

Astrogonium fonki Philippi, 1858

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Philippi, A. (1858). Beschreibungen einiger neuer Seesterne aus dem Meere von Chiloe. <em>Archiv für Naturgeschichte.</em> 24(1), 264-268., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13715200
page(s): 267 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Mah, C.L. (2021). World Asteroidea Database. Astrogonium fonki Philippi, 1858. Accessed at: http://www.marinespecies.org/Asteroidea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=382064 on 2024-04-18

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2009-01-31 14:17:57Z

created

Mah, Christopher

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Sources (1)
Notes (1)

original description Philippi, A. (1858). Beschreibungen einiger neuer Seesterne aus dem Meere von Chiloe. <em>Archiv für Naturgeschichte.</em> 24(1), 264-268., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13715200
page(s): 267 [details]

From editor or global species database

Synonymy Conspecific with Porania magellanica Studer, 1876, which is currently treated as a subspecies of P. antarctica E.A. Smith, 1876 following Madsen (1956), which it antedates. But Philippi's types lost so suppression by the ICZN is desirible. [details]