The World Asteroidea Database - Sclerasterias alexandri (Ludwig, 1905)

Traits taxon details

Sclerasterias alexandri (Ludwig, 1905)

AphiaID

378792 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:378792)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Sclerasterias Perrier, 1891

Original name

Coscinasterias (Stolasterias) alexandri Ludwig, 1905

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Variety Sclerasterias alexandri var. crassa H.L. Clark, 1940

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

(of ) Ludwig, H. (1905). Asteroidea. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard. 32: vii-xii, 1-292+ plates., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28866803
page(s): 221 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Mah, C.L. (2025). World Asteroidea Database. Sclerasterias alexandri (Ludwig, 1905). Accessed through: Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025) Marine Species Traits at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=378792 on 2025-05-10

Thematic species database citation

Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025). Marine Species Traits. Sclerasterias alexandri (Ludwig, 1905). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=378792 on 2025-05-10

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2008-12-26 05:08:28Z

created

Mah, Christopher

[taxonomic tree]

original description (of ) Ludwig, H. (1905). Asteroidea. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard. 32: vii-xii, 1-292+ plates., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28866803
page(s): 221 [details]

additional source Fisher, W.K. (1924). The genus Sclerasterias Perrier. Bulletin de Institut Oceanographique, Monaco 414(3): 1-8 [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Definitions

To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (3 records)