The World Asteroidea Database - Aphelasterias Fisher, 1923

Asteroidea taxon details

Aphelasterias Fisher, 1923

AphiaID

378817 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:378817)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Asteriidae Gray, 1840

Direct children (2)

Ordering

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Species Aphelasterias changfengyingi Baranova & Wu, 1962
Species Aphelasterias japonica (Bell, 1881)

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Fisher, W.K. (1923).A preliminary synopsis of the Asteriidae, a family of sea-stars. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 12(9): 247-258 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Mah, C.L. (2024). World Asteroidea Database. Aphelasterias Fisher, 1923. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/asteroidea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=378817 on 2024-04-19

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2008-12-26 05:08:28Z

created

Mah, Christopher

[taxonomic tree]

original description Fisher, W.K. (1923).A preliminary synopsis of the Asteriidae, a family of sea-stars. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 12(9): 247-258 [details]

Language	Name
Japanese	エゾヒトデ属	[details]

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To European Nucleotide Archive (ENA)
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