World Echinoidea Database - Opissaster moseleyi (A. Agassiz, 1881)

Echinoidea name details

Opissaster moseleyi (A. Agassiz, 1881)

AphiaID

569391 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:569391)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (transferred to Brisaster)

Accepted Name

Brisaster moseleyi (A. Agassiz, 1881)

Rank

Species

Parent

Opissaster Pomel, 1883 †

Orig. name

Schizaster moseleyi A. Agassiz, 1881

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

(of Schizaster moseleyi A. Agassiz, 1881) Agassiz, A. (1881). Report on the Echinoidea dredged by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–1876. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology.</em> 3 (part 9): 1-321, pl. 1-66., available online at http://www.19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-09/README.htm
page(s): 203-204; pl. 36: figs 14-16 [details]

Descriptive notes

Taxonomic citation

Kroh, A.; Mooi, R. (2021). World Echinoidea Database. Opissaster moseleyi (A. Agassiz, 1881). Accessed at: http://www.marinespecies.org/Echinoidea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=569391 on 2024-05-02

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2011-04-14 07:16:27Z

created

Kroh, Andreas

2013-08-26 18:24:18Z

changed

Kroh, Andreas

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Sources (2)

original description (of Schizaster moseleyi A. Agassiz, 1881) Agassiz, A. (1881). Report on the Echinoidea dredged by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–1876. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology.</em> 3 (part 9): 1-321, pl. 1-66., available online at http://www.19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-09/README.htm
page(s): 203-204; pl. 36: figs 14-16 [details]

basis of record Mortensen, T. (1951). A Monograph of the Echinoidea. V, 2. Spatangoida II. Amphisternata II. Spatangidæ, Loveniidæ, Pericosmidæ, Schizasteridæ, Brissidæ, 593 pp., C. A. Reitzel, Copenhagen.
page(s): 292-294 [details]