WoRMS taxon details
Tethyaster vestitus (Say, 1825)
AphiaID: 178718
AphiaID: 178718
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Asterozoa (Subphylum) > Asteroidea (Class) > Valvatacea (Superorder) > Paxillosida (Order) > Astropectinidae (Family) > Tethyaster (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | ||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||
| Rank | Species | ||||||||||
| Parent | Tethyaster Sladen, 1889 | ||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Asterias vestita Say, 1825 Astropecten vestitus Lutken, 1859 Moiraster magnificus A.H. Clark, 1950 (synonym according to A.M. & A.H. Clark (1954)) Sideriaster vestitus Verrill, 1915 | ||||||||||
| Source |
basis of record: Clark, A.M. and M.E. Downey. (1992). Starfishes of the Atlantic. Chapman & Hall Identification Guides, 3. Chapman & Hall: London, UK. ISBN 0-412-43280-3. xxvi, 794 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] | ||||||||||
| Direct child taxa [show all] | Subspecies Tethyaster vestitus magnificus (Bell, 1881) Subspecies Tethyaster vestitus vestitus (Say, 1825) | ||||||||||
| Environment | marine, | ||||||||||
| Fossil range | recent only | ||||||||||
| Distribution | Caribbean Sea [details] Colombia [details] Gulf of Mexico [details] Mexico [details] Panama [details] Venezuela [details] | ||||||||||
| Links | To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection To ITIS | ||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:178718 | ||||||||||
| Taxonomic Edit history |
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| Citation: Mah, C. (2013). Tethyaster vestitus (Say, 1825). In: Mah, C.L. (2013) World Asteroidea database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=178718 on 2013-05-21 | |||||||||||
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