The World Asteroidea Database - Mediaster capensis H.L. Clark, 1923

Asteroidea taxon details

Mediaster capensis H.L. Clark, 1923

AphiaID

213268 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:213268)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Mediaster Stimpson, 1857

Orig. name

Mediaster capensis H.L. Clark, 1923

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Subspecies Mediaster capensis capensis H.L. Clark, 1923
Subspecies Mediaster capensis durbanensis Mortensen, 1933
Variety Mediaster capensis var. durbanensis Mortensen, 1933 accepted as Mediaster capensis durbanensis Mortensen, 1933

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): 256 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Mah, C.L. (2024). World Asteroidea Database. Mediaster capensis H.L. Clark, 1923. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/asteroidea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=213268 on 2024-04-20

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

1999-09-02 20:23:25Z

created

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2008-10-23 02:03:00Z

changed

Mah, Christopher

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Documented distribution (4)

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): 256 [details]

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]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

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