WoRMS name details
Platasterias Gray, 1871
368177 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:368177)
unaccepted
Luidia (Platasterias) (Gray, 1871) represented as Luidia Forbes, 1839
Genus
- Species Platasterias latiradiata Gray, 1871 accepted as Luidia latiradiata (Gray, 1871)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Gray J.E. (1871). Description of <i>Platasterias</i>, a new genus of Astropectinidae from Mexico. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1871: 136-137., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28553899#page/180/mode/1up
page(s): 136 [details]
page(s): 136 [details]
Mah, C.L. (2024). World Asteroidea Database. Platasterias Gray, 1871. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=368177 on 2024-04-19
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original description
Gray J.E. (1871). Description of <i>Platasterias</i>, a new genus of Astropectinidae from Mexico. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1871: 136-137., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28553899#page/180/mode/1up
page(s): 136 [details]
page(s): 136 [details]
From editor or global species database
Synonymy Formerly subgenus of Luidia. Fell (1963) raised to genus but treatment has not been used by subsequent workers-esp. following phylogenetic arguments associated with Platasterias. [details]
