WoRMS

WoRMS taxon details

Hippasteria heathi Fisher, 1905

H. heathi USNM Holotype

AphiaID

254893 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:254893)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Hippasteria Gray, 1840

Orig. name

Hippasteria heathi Fisher, 1905

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Fisher, W. K. (1905). New starfishes from deep water off California and Alaska. <em>Bulletin of the Bureau of Fisheries.</em> 24: 291-320., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25135459
page(s): 309 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Mah, C.L. (2024). World Asteroidea Database. Hippasteria heathi Fisher, 1905. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=254893 on 2024-04-23

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2007-12-22 16:14:03Z

created

Mah, Christopher

Licensing

The webpage text is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License

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original description Fisher, W. K. (1905). New starfishes from deep water off California and Alaska. <em>Bulletin of the Bureau of Fisheries.</em> 24: 291-320., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25135459
page(s): 309 [details]

additional source Fisher, W.K. (1911). Asteroidea of the North Pacific and adjacent waters. 1. Phanerozonia and Spinulosida. Bulletin of the US National Museum, 76: xiii+420 pp.122 pls., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7840387 [details]