The World Asteroidea Database - Asterias dubia Verrill, 1909

Asteroidea name details

Asterias dubia Verrill, 1909

AphiaID

379160 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:379160)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (Synonym according to Fisher (1930))

Accepted Name

Leptasterias (Hexasterias) polaris katherinae (Gray, 1840)

Rank

Species

Parent

Asterias Linnaeus, 1758

Orig. name

Asterias dubia Verrill, 1909

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Verrill, A.E. (1909). Remarkable development of starfishes on the Northwest American coast; hybridism; multiplicity of rays; teratology; problems in evolution; geographical distribution. <em>American Naturalist.</em> 43(513): 542-555., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43286584
page(s): 545; note: last sentence in footnote. [details]

Taxonomic citation

Mah, C.L. (2021). World Asteroidea Database. Asterias dubia Verrill, 1909. Accessed at: http://www.marinespecies.org/asteroidea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=379160 on 2024-04-19

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2009-01-01 07:33:05Z

created

Mah, Christopher

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Sources (1)

original description Verrill, A.E. (1909). Remarkable development of starfishes on the Northwest American coast; hybridism; multiplicity of rays; teratology; problems in evolution; geographical distribution. <em>American Naturalist.</em> 43(513): 542-555., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43286584
page(s): 545; note: last sentence in footnote. [details]