WoRMS taxon details
Plutonaster bifrons (Wyville Thomson, 1873)
123904 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:123904)
accepted
Species
Archaster bifrons Wyville Thomson, 1873 · unaccepted (synonym)
Goniopecten bifrons (Wyville Thomson, 1873) · unaccepted
Plutonaster proteus H.L. Clark, 1923 · unaccepted (synonym according to Sibuet (1975))
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Archaster bifrons Wyville Thomson, 1873) Wyville Thomson, C. (1873). The depths of the sea. Macmillan, London, 527 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16330317
page(s): 122-123, figs 17, 74 [details]
page(s): 122-123, figs 17, 74 [details]
Mah, C.L. (2024). World Asteroidea Database. Plutonaster bifrons (Wyville Thomson, 1873). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=123904 on 2024-08-12
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original description
(of Archaster bifrons Wyville Thomson, 1873) Wyville Thomson, C. (1873). The depths of the sea. Macmillan, London, 527 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16330317
page(s): 122-123, figs 17, 74 [details]
original description (of Plutonaster proteus H.L. Clark, 1923) Clark, H. L. (1923). The Echinoderm fauna of South Africa. <em>Annals of the South African Museum.</em> 13(7): 221-435, 23 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1541222#page/263/mode/1up
page(s): 242 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Dilman A.B. (2014). Deep-sea fauna of European seas: An annotated species check-list of benthic invertebrates living deeper than 2000 m in the seas bordering Europe. Asteroidea. <i>Invertebrate Zoology</i>. Vol.11. No.1: 25–42 [in English]. [details] Available for editors
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basis of record Hansson, H.G. (2001). Echinodermata, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i>. 50: pp. 336-351. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Clark, A. M.; Downey, M. E. (1992). Starfishes of the Atlantic. <i>Chapman & Hall Identification Guides</i>, 3. Chapman & Hall. London, UK. ISBN 0-412-43280-3. xxvi, 794 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Clark, A. M. (1989). An index of names of recent Asteroidea, part 1: Paxillosida and Notomyotida. <em>In: Jangoux, M.; Lawrence, J.M. (Ed.) (1996). Echinoderm Studies.</em> 3: 225-347. (look up in IMIS) [details]
page(s): 122-123, figs 17, 74 [details]
original description (of Plutonaster proteus H.L. Clark, 1923) Clark, H. L. (1923). The Echinoderm fauna of South Africa. <em>Annals of the South African Museum.</em> 13(7): 221-435, 23 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1541222#page/263/mode/1up
page(s): 242 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Dilman A.B. (2014). Deep-sea fauna of European seas: An annotated species check-list of benthic invertebrates living deeper than 2000 m in the seas bordering Europe. Asteroidea. <i>Invertebrate Zoology</i>. Vol.11. No.1: 25–42 [in English]. [details] Available for editors
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basis of record Hansson, H.G. (2001). Echinodermata, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i>. 50: pp. 336-351. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Clark, A. M.; Downey, M. E. (1992). Starfishes of the Atlantic. <i>Chapman & Hall Identification Guides</i>, 3. Chapman & Hall. London, UK. ISBN 0-412-43280-3. xxvi, 794 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Clark, A. M. (1989). An index of names of recent Asteroidea, part 1: Paxillosida and Notomyotida. <em>In: Jangoux, M.; Lawrence, J.M. (Ed.) (1996). Echinoderm Studies.</em> 3: 225-347. (look up in IMIS) [details]
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Unknown type (of Plutonaster proteus H.L. Clark, 1923), geounit Cape Point [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (31 publications) (from synonym Archaster bifrons Wyville Thomson, 1873)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (33 publications)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Archaster bifrons Wyville Thomson, 1873)
To PESI (from synonym Plutonaster proteus H.L. Clark, 1923)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (5 records)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (33 publications)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Archaster bifrons Wyville Thomson, 1873)
To PESI (from synonym Plutonaster proteus H.L. Clark, 1923)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (5 records)
To ITIS