The World Asteroidea Database - Acantharchaster variabilis Fisher, 1910

Asteroidea name details

Acantharchaster variabilis Fisher, 1910

AphiaID

380832 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:380832)

Classification

Status

unaccepted

Accepted name

Nearchaster (Nearchaster) variabilis (Fisher, 1910)

Rank

Species

Parent

Acantharchaster Verrill, 1894 accepted as Luidiaster Studer, 1883 accepted as Cheiraster (Luidiaster) Studer, 1883

Original name

Acantharchaster variabilis Fisher, 1910

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Subspecies Acantharchaster variabilis pedicellaris Fisher, 1910 accepted as Acantharchaster pedicellaris Fisher, 1910 accepted as Nearchaster (Nearchaster) pedicellaris (Fisher, 1910)

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

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. (2021). World Asteroidea Database. Acantharchaster variabilis Fisher, 1910. Accessed at: http://www.marinespecies.org/asteroidea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=380832 on 2025-04-24

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2009-01-19 15:30:12Z

created

Mah, Christopher

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original description 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

Containing type locality

To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (Holotype USNM 27800)