The World Asteroidea Database - Ferdina Gray, 1840

Asteroidea taxon details

Ferdina Gray, 1840

AphiaID

205754 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:205754)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Ferdininae Mah, 2017

Direct children (11)

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Species Ferdina flavescens Gray, 1840
Species Ferdina mena Mah, 2017
Species Ferdina sadhaensis Marsh & Campbell, 1991
Species Ferdina cancellata (Grube, 1857) accepted as Neoferdina cumingi (Gray, 1840) (Synonym of N. cumingi according to Jangoux (1973).)
Species Ferdina cumingi Gray, 1840 accepted as Neoferdina cumingi (Gray, 1840)
Species Ferdina glyptodisca Fisher, 1913 accepted as Neoferdina glyptodisca (Fisher, 1913)
Species Ferdina heffernanii Livingstone, 1931 accepted as Celerina heffernani (Livingstone, 1931) accepted as Fromia heffernani (Livingstone, 1931)
Species Ferdina intermedia Djakonov, 1930 accepted as Neoferdina intermedia (Djakonov, 1930) accepted as Neoferdina offreti (Koehler, 1910) (subsequent combination)
Species Ferdina kuhli (Müller & Troschel, 1842) accepted as Neoferdina kuhli (Müller & Troschel, 1842)
Species Ferdina ocellata H.L. Clark, 1921 accepted as Neoferdina cumingi (Gray, 1840)
Species Ferdina offreti Koehler, 1910 accepted as Neoferdina offreti (Koehler, 1910)

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Grammatical gender

feminine

Original description

Gray, J.E. (1840). XXXII. A synopsis of the genera and species of the class Hypostoma (Asterias, Linnaeus). Annals of the Magazine of Natural History. 6: 275-290., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2336044#page/309/mode/1up
page(s): 282 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Mah, C.L. (2025). World Asteroidea Database. Ferdina Gray, 1840. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Asteroidea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=205754 on 2026-07-04

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

1998-08-04 14:17:36Z

created

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2000-09-29 13:20:33Z

changed

Garcia, Maria

2006-09-12 06:54:36Z

changed

Martinez, Olga

2008-01-25 09:35:43Z

changed

Mah, Christopher

2017-05-25 02:36:52Z

changed

Mah, Christopher

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original description Gray, J.E. (1840). XXXII. A synopsis of the genera and species of the class Hypostoma (Asterias, Linnaeus). Annals of the Magazine of Natural History. 6: 275-290., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2336044#page/309/mode/1up
page(s): 282 [details]

taxonomy source Mah, C.L. (2017). Overview of the Ferdina-like Goniasteridae (Echinodermata: Asteroidea) including a new subfamily, three new genera and fourteen new species. Zootaxa. 4271(1): 1-72., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4271.1.1 [details] Available for editors

basis of record Clark, A. M. (1993). An index of names of recent Asteroidea, part 2: Valvatida. In: Jangoux, M.; Lawrence, J.M. (Ed.) (1996). Echinoderm Studies. 4: 187-366. (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source Neave, S.A. (1939 - 1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus. vol. 1-10 Online., available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]

additional source Mah, C.L. (2017). Overview of the Ferdina-like Goniasteridae (Echinodermata: Asteroidea) including a new subfamily, three new genera and fourteen new species. Zootaxa. 4271(1): 1-72., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4271.1.1
page(s): 17 [details] Available for editors

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Unreviewed

Remark In family Linckiidae in Ludwig (1899) and Clark (1654).
Type species: Ferdina flavescens Gray 1840, by subsequent designation by Fisher (1910). [details]

Definitions

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