The World Asteroidea Database - Cryaster brachyactis H.L. Clark, 1923

Asteroidea name details

Cryaster brachyactis H.L. Clark, 1923

AphiaID

178031 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:178031)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (synonym)

Accepted name

Spoladaster brachyactis (H.L. Clark, 1923) accepted as Spoladaster veneris (Perrier, 1879)

Rank

Species

Type taxon of

Spoladaster Fisher, 1940

Parent

Cryaster Koehler, 1906 accepted as Perknaster Sladen, 1889

Original name

Cryaster brachyactis H.L. Clark, 1923

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Clark, H. L. (1923). The Echinoderm fauna of South Africa. Annals of the South African Museum. 13(7): 221-435, 23 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1541222#page/263/mode/1up
page(s): 293 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Mah, C.L. (2021). World Asteroidea Database. Cryaster brachyactis H.L. Clark, 1923. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Asteroidea../aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=178031 on 2026-07-18

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-07-28 06:51:10Z

created

Braeckman, Ulrike

2009-02-01 01:36:32Z

changed

Mah, Christopher

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Sources (3)
Links (1)

original description Clark, H. L. (1923). The Echinoderm fauna of South Africa. Annals of the South African Museum. 13(7): 221-435, 23 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1541222#page/263/mode/1up
page(s): 293 [details]

basis of record Clark, A. M.; Downey, M. E. (1992). Starfishes of the Atlantic. Chapman & Hall Identification Guides, 3. Chapman & Hall. London, UK. ISBN 0-412-43280-3. xxvi, 794 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]

source of synonymy Clark, A. M.; Downey, M. E. (1992). Starfishes of the Atlantic. Chapman & Hall Identification Guides, 3. Chapman & Hall. London, UK. ISBN 0-412-43280-3. xxvi, 794 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]

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