The World Asteroidea Database - Asterias spitzbergensis Danielssen & Koren, 1881

Asteroidea name details

Asterias spitzbergensis Danielssen & Koren, 1881

AphiaID

379641 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:379641)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (Synonym according to Fisher (1930))

Accepted name

Leptasterias (Endogenasterias) groenlandica (Steenstrup in Lutken, 1857) represented as Leptasterias groenlandica (Steenstrup in Lutken, 1857)

Rank

Species

Type taxon of

Ctenasterias Verrill, 1914

Parent

Asterias Linnaeus, 1758

Original name

Asterias spitzbergensis Danielssen & Koren, 1881

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Danielssen, D.C.; Koren, J. (1881). Fra den norske Nordhavsexpedition, Echinodermer. <em>Nyt Magazin for Naturvidenskaberne,.</em> 26: 177-194., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35329090
page(s): 177 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Mah, C.L. (2021). World Asteroidea Database. Asterias spitzbergensis Danielssen & Koren, 1881. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Asteroidea../aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=379641 on 2026-07-18

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2009-01-05 03:22:03Z

created

Mah, Christopher

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Sources (1)

original description Danielssen, D.C.; Koren, J. (1881). Fra den norske Nordhavsexpedition, Echinodermer. <em>Nyt Magazin for Naturvidenskaberne,.</em> 26: 177-194., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35329090
page(s): 177 [details]