WoRMS name details
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): 97 [details]
taxonomy source
Mironov, A. N.; Dilman, A. B.; Petrov, N. B.; Vladychenskaya, I. P. (2023). Taxonomic Status and Composition of the Genera <i>Caulaster</i>, <i>Porcellanaster</i> and <i>Eremicaster</i> (Asteroidea) Based on Juvenile Morphology and Molecular Phylogenetic Data. <em>Diversity.</em> 15(10): 1032., available online at https://www.mdpi.com/1424-2818/15/10/1032 [details]
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
basis of record
Hansson, H.G. (2001). Echinodermata, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i>. 50: pp. 336-351. (look up in IMIS) [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
New combination Syn of Porcellanaster caeruleus synonym according to Madsen (1961) but transferred to Caulaster by Mironov et al. (2023). [details]
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