The World Asteroidea Database - Mediaster aequalis Stimpson, 1857

Asteroidea taxon details

Mediaster aequalis Stimpson, 1857

Mediaster aequalis

AphiaID

242160 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:242160)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Type taxon of

Mediaster Stimpson, 1857

Parent

Mediaster Stimpson, 1857

Original name

Mediaster aequalis Stimpson, 1857

Synonymised names

Ophidiaster aequalis Dujardin & Hupe, 1862 · unaccepted

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Stimpson, W. (1857). On the Crustacea and Echinodermata of the Pacific shores of North America. <em>Boston Journal of Natural History.</em> 6: 444-532, pls. 18-23 [preprint issued April 1857, journal edition 1858]., available online at https://archive.org/stream/crustaceaechinod00stim#page/n3/mode/2up
page(s): 90 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Mah, C.L. (2025). World Asteroidea Database. Mediaster aequalis Stimpson, 1857. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/asteroidea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=242160 on 2026-05-01

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2007-07-06 08:37:12Z

created

db_admin

2008-12-07 02:46:14Z

changed

Mah, Christopher

[taxonomic tree]

[clear cache]

original description Stimpson, W. (1857). On the Crustacea and Echinodermata of the Pacific shores of North America. <em>Boston Journal of Natural History.</em> 6: 444-532, pls. 18-23 [preprint issued April 1857, journal edition 1858]., available online at https://archive.org/stream/crustaceaechinod00stim#page/n3/mode/2up
page(s): 90 [details]

context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]

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

additional source Fisher, W.K. (1911). Asteroidea of the North Pacific and adjacent waters. 1. Phanerozonia and Spinulosida. Bulletin of the US National Museum, 76: xiii+420 pp.122 pls., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7840387 [details]