The World Asteroidea Database - Astropecten exiguus Ludwig, 1905

Asteroidea taxon details

Astropecten exiguus Ludwig, 1905

AphiaID

292858 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:292858)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Astropecten Gray, 1840

Orig. name

Astropecten exiguus Ludwig, 1905

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Ludwig, H. (1905). Asteroidea. <em>Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard.</em> 32: vii-xii, 1-292+ plates., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28866803
page(s): 72 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Mah, C.L. (2024). World Asteroidea Database. Astropecten exiguus Ludwig, 1905. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Asteroidea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=292858 on 2024-04-18

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2008-01-26 09:54:06Z

created

Mah, Christopher

[taxonomic tree]

original description Ludwig, H. (1905). Asteroidea. <em>Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard.</em> 32: vii-xii, 1-292+ plates., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28866803
page(s): 72 [details]

context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (5 records)