The World Asteroidea Database - Trophodiscus Fisher, 1917

Asteroidea taxon details

Trophodiscus Fisher, 1917

AphiaID

292839 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:292839)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Astropectinidae Gray, 1840

Synonymised names

Leptychaster (Trophodiscus) Fisher, 1917 · alternative representation

Direct children (2)

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Species Trophodiscus almus Fisher, 1917
Species Trophodiscus uber Djakonov, 1927

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Fisher, W.K. (1917). Trophodiscus, a new sea star from Kamchatka. Proceedings of the Untied States National Museum. 52: 367-371, available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7765584#page/443/mode/1up
page(s): 367 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Mah, C.L. (2024). World Asteroidea Database. Trophodiscus Fisher, 1917. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/asteroidea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=292839 on 2024-04-23

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2008-01-26 09:54:06Z

created

Mah, Christopher

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Notes (1)

original description Fisher, W.K. (1917). Trophodiscus, a new sea star from Kamchatka. Proceedings of the Untied States National Museum. 52: 367-371, available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7765584#page/443/mode/1up
page(s): 367 [details]

original description (of Leptychaster (Trophodiscus) Fisher, 1917) Fisher, W.K. (1917). Trophodiscus, a new sea star from Kamchatka. Proceedings of the Untied States National Museum. 52: 367-371, available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7765584#page/443/mode/1up
page(s): 368 [details]

From editor or global species database

Validity A subgenus of Leptychaster E.A. Smith, 1876 according to Fisher (1940) but treated as a valid genus by Djakonov (1950). [details]