The World Asteroidea Database - Asterias polythela Verrill, 1909

WoRMS name details

Asterias polythela Verrill, 1909

AphiaID

379565 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:379565)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (Synonym according to Djakonov (1950))

Accepted Name

Leptasterias polaris acervata (Stimpson, 1862) represented as Leptasterias (Hexasterias) polaris acervata (Stimpson, 1861)

Rank

Species

Parent

Asterias Linnaeus, 1758

Original name

Asterias polythela Verrill, 1909

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Verrill, A.E. (1909). Description of new genera and species of starfishes from the North Pacific coast of America. American Journal of Science 28: 59-70., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40247723
page(s): 68 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Mah, C.L. (2024). World Asteroidea Database. Asterias polythela Verrill, 1909. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=379565 on 2024-10-30

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2009-01-04 05:20:04Z

created

Mah, Christopher

Licensing

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original description Verrill, A.E. (1909). Description of new genera and species of starfishes from the North Pacific coast of America. American Journal of Science 28: 59-70., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40247723
page(s): 68 [details]

To NMNH Extant Collection (Asterias polythela USNM 15820 - dorsal)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (1 record)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 009815.EC)

Unreviewed

To NMNH Extant Collection (Asterias polythela USNM 15820 - dorsal)

Hosted externally

To NMNH Extant Collection (Asterias polythela USNM 15820 - ventral)

Hosted externally

To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 009815.EC)

Hosted externally