WoRMS name details
Dactylosaster gracilis Gray, 1840
378593 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:378593)
uncertain > nomen dubium
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Gray, J.E. (1840). XXXII. A synopsis of the genera and species of the class Hypostoma (<i>Asterias</i>, Linnaeus). <em>Annals of the Magazine of Natural History.</em> 6: 275-290., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2336044#page/309/mode/1up
page(s): 283 [details]
page(s): 283 [details]
Mah, C.L. (2024). World Asteroidea Database. Dactylosaster gracilis Gray, 1840. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=378593 on 2024-05-01
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Gray, J.E. (1840). XXXII. A synopsis of the genera and species of the class Hypostoma (<i>Asterias</i>, Linnaeus). <em>Annals of the Magazine of Natural History.</em> 6: 275-290., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2336044#page/309/mode/1up
page(s): 283 [details]
page(s): 283 [details]
From editor or global species database
Validity A 'lost species' according to H.L. Clark (1921). Although there are two specimens in the collection of the BMNH labelled as types of Dactylosaster gracilis, they agree better with the data given by Gray for Cistina columbiae, so H.L. Clark's comment was doubly correct. [details]
