The World Asteroidea Database - Mithrodia spinulosa Gray, 1840

Asteroidea name details

Mithrodia spinulosa Gray, 1840

AphiaID

242165 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:242165)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (Synonym according to Sladen (1889))

Accepted name

Mithrodia clavigera (Lamarck, 1816)

Rank

Species

Type taxon of

Mithrodia Gray, 1840

Parent

Mithrodia Gray, 1840

Original name

Mithrodia spinulosa Gray, 1840

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

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): 288 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Mah, C.L. (2021). World Asteroidea Database. Mithrodia spinulosa Gray, 1840. Accessed at: http://www.marinespecies.org/asteroidea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=242165 on 2026-06-22

Taxonomic edit history

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2007-07-06 08:37:12Z

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2009-02-01 01:36:32Z

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Sources (2)

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): 288 [details]

basis of record Rowe, F. W. E.; Gates, J. (1995). Echinodermata. In: Wells, A.; Houston, W.W.K. (Ed.) Zoological catalogue of Australia, 33. CSIRO: Melbourne. ISBN 0-643-05696-3. XIII. 510 pp. [details]