The World Asteroidea Database - Phocidaster grandis Spencer, 1914 †

Asteroidea taxon details

Phocidaster grandis Spencer, 1914 †

AphiaID

1549735 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1549735)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Phocidaster Spencer, 1914 †

Orig. name

Phocidaster grandis Spencer, 1914 †

Environment

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

Fossil range

fossil only

Original description

Spencer, W. K. (1914). The Evolution of the Cretaceous Asteroidea. <em>Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences.</em> 204(303-312): 99-177., available online at https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1098/rstb.1914.0004
page(s): pl. 13, fig. 29 [details]

Descriptive notes

Taxonomic citation

Mah, C.L. (2021). World Asteroidea Database. Phocidaster grandis Spencer, 1914 †. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Asteroidea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1549735 on 2024-05-01

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2021-11-25 19:14:03Z

created

Mah, Christopher

[taxonomic tree]

Sources (1)

original description Spencer, W. K. (1914). The Evolution of the Cretaceous Asteroidea. <em>Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences.</em> 204(303-312): 99-177., available online at https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1098/rstb.1914.0004
page(s): pl. 13, fig. 29 [details]