The World Asteroidea Database - Narcissia ahearnae Pawson, 2007

WoRMS taxon details

Narcissia ahearnae Pawson, 2007

AphiaID

241340 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:241340)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Narcissia Gray, 1840

Original name

Narcissia ahearnae Pawson, 2007

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Pawson, D.L. (2007). Narcissia ahearnae, a new species of sea star from the Western Atlantic (Echinodermata: Asteroidea: Valvatida). Zootaxa 1386: 53–58. [details]

Taxonomic citation

Mah, C.L. (2025). World Asteroidea Database. Narcissia ahearnae Pawson, 2007. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=241340 on 2025-07-06

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2007-06-29 23:14:32Z

created

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2008-01-21 08:09:52Z

changed

Mah, Christopher

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description Pawson, D.L. (2007). Narcissia ahearnae, a new species of sea star from the Western Atlantic (Echinodermata: Asteroidea: Valvatida). Zootaxa 1386: 53–58. [details]

Present

Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Definitions

To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (2 records)