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Asteroidea taxon details
Nearchaster (Nearchaster) variabilis
(Fisher, 1910)
AphiaID
380822
(urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:380822)
Classification
Biota
Animalia
Echinodermata
Asterozoa
Asteroidea
Ambuloasteroidea
Neoasteroidea
Valvatacea
Paxillosida
Benthopectinidae
Nearchaster
Nearchaster (Nearchaster)
Nearchaster (Nearchaster) variabilis
Status
accepted
Rank
Species
Parent
Nearchaster (Nearchaster)
Fisher, 1911
Original name
Acantharchaster variabilis
Fisher, 1910
Synonymised names
Acantharchaster variabilis
Fisher, 1910
·
unaccepted
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Subspecies
Nearchaster (Nearchaster) variabilis geminus
Djakonov, 1950
Subspecies
Nearchaster (Nearchaster) variabilis variabilis
(Fisher, 1910)
Environment
marine,
brackish
,
fresh
,
terrestrial
Fossil range
recent only
Original description
(of
Acantharchaster variabilis
Fisher, 1910
)
Fisher, W.K. (1910). New starfishes from the North Pacific. I. Phanerozonia. II. Spinulosa. <em>Zologischer Anzeiger.</em> 35(18): 545-553, 568-574.
,
available online at
http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9741991#page/559/mode/1up
page(s): 550
[details]
Taxonomic citation
Mah, C.L. (2024). World Asteroidea Database.
Nearchaster (Nearchaster) variabilis
(Fisher, 1910). Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/Asteroidea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=380822 on 2025-04-12
Taxonomic edit history
Date
action
by
2009-01-19 15:30:12Z
created
Mah, Christopher
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Sources (2)
Documented distribution (0)
Attributes (3)
Links (2)
original description
(of
Acantharchaster variabilis
Fisher, 1910
)
Fisher, W.K. (1910). New starfishes from the North Pacific. I. Phanerozonia. II. Spinulosa. <em>Zologischer Anzeiger.</em> 35(18): 545-553, 568-574.
,
available online at
http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9741991#page/559/mode/1up
page(s): 550
[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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To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (8 records)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (Holotype USNM 27800)
(from synonym
Acantharchaster variabilis
Fisher, 1910
)
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