The World Asteroidea Database - Asteriscus australis Müller & Troschel, 1842

Asteroidea name details

Asteriscus australis Müller & Troschel, 1842

AphiaID

377805 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:377805)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (Partly P. gunni according to Sladen (1889) and partly P. calcar)

Accepted Name

Patiriella gunni (Gray, 1840) accepted as Meridiastra gunnii (Gray, 1840)

Rank

Species

Parent

Asteriscus Müller & Troschel, 1842 accepted as Anseropoda Nardo, 1834

Orig. name

Asteriscus australis Müller & Troschel, 1842

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Müller, J. and Troschel, F. H. (1842). System der Asteriden.1. Asteriae. 2. Ophiuridae. <em>Vieweg: Braunschweig.</em> xxx+134 pp. 12 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/44159
page(s): 43 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Mah, C.L. (2021). World Asteroidea Database. Asteriscus australis Müller & Troschel, 1842. Accessed at: http://marinespecies.org/asteroidea../aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=377805 on 2024-04-24

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2008-12-13 01:01:45Z

created

Mah, Christopher

[taxonomic tree]

Sources (1)
Notes (1)

original description Müller, J. and Troschel, F. H. (1842). System der Asteriden.1. Asteriae. 2. Ophiuridae. <em>Vieweg: Braunschweig.</em> xxx+134 pp. 12 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/44159
page(s): 43 [details]

From editor or global species database

Synonymy Synonymy by nomination of six-armed lectotype, allowing restriction to synonymy of P. gunni . [details]