The World Asteroidea Database - Nymphaster belli (Koehler, 1909)

Asteroidea name details

Nymphaster belli (Koehler, 1909)

AphiaID

368903 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:368903)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (Synonym according to Macan (1938))

Accepted name

Nymphaster moebii (Studer, 1884)

Rank

Species

Parent

Nymphaster Sladen, 1889

Original name

Dorigona belli Koehler, 1909

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

(of Dorigona belli Koehler, 1909) Koehler, R. (1909). Astéries recueillies par l'Investigator dans l'océan indien. I.Les Asteries de Mer Profonde. <em>Echinoderma of the Indian Museum.</em> 5: 1-143 pp., 13 plates., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12034817
page(s): 58 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Mah, C.L. (2021). World Asteroidea Database. Nymphaster belli (Koehler, 1909). Accessed at: http://www.marinespecies.org/asteroidea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=368903 on 2026-01-29

Taxonomic edit history

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2008-10-24 13:48:31Z

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Mah, Christopher

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original description (of Dorigona belli Koehler, 1909) Koehler, R. (1909). Astéries recueillies par l'Investigator dans l'océan indien. I.Les Asteries de Mer Profonde. <em>Echinoderma of the Indian Museum.</em> 5: 1-143 pp., 13 plates., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12034817
page(s): 58 [details]

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

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

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