The World Asteroidea Database - Dermasterias Perrier, 1875

Asteroidea taxon details

Dermasterias Perrier, 1875

AphiaID

240770 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:240770)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Asteropseidae Hotchkiss & Clark, 1976

Direct children (2)

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Species Dermasterias imbricata (Grube, 1857)
Species Dermasterias inermis (Gray, 1840) accepted as Dermasterias imbricata (Grube, 1857) (Synonym according to Fisher (1911))

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Perrier, E. (1875). Révision de la collection de stellérides du Museum d'Histoire naturelle de Paris. Paris, Reinwald. 384 p., available online at https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044107304818&view=1up&seq=338
page(s): 282 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Mah, C.L. (2025). World Asteroidea Database. Dermasterias Perrier, 1875. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/asteroidea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=240770 on 2026-04-27

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2007-06-03 15:46:28Z

created

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2008-12-23 04:29:04Z

changed

Mah, Christopher

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original description Perrier, E. (1875). Révision de la collection de stellérides du Museum d'Histoire naturelle de Paris. Paris, Reinwald. 384 p., available online at https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044107304818&view=1up&seq=338
page(s): 282 [details]

basis of record Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

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