The World Asteroidea Database - Polyaster Gray, 1840

Asteroidea name details

Polyaster Gray, 1840

AphiaID

379860 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:379860)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (Synonym based on Sladen (1889))

Accepted Name

Crossaster Müller & Troschel, 1840

Rank

Genus

Parent

Solasteridae Viguier, 1878

Synonymised names

Solaster (Polyaster) Gray, 1840 · unaccepted

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Gray, J.E. (1840). XXII. A synopsis of the genera and species of the class Hypostoma (Asterias, Linnaeus). <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> 6: 175-184., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2335959
page(s): 183 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Mah, C.L. (2021). World Asteroidea Database. Polyaster Gray, 1840. Accessed at: http://marinespecies.org/Asteroidea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=379860 on 2024-04-19

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2009-01-08 03:57:10Z

created

Mah, Christopher

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Sources (1)

original description Gray, J.E. (1840). XXII. A synopsis of the genera and species of the class Hypostoma (Asterias, Linnaeus). <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> 6: 175-184., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2335959
page(s): 183 [details]