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WoRMS taxon detailsAstropecten irregularis (Pennant, 1777)
123867 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:123867)
accepted
Species
Astropecten acicularis Norman, 1865 · unaccepted (synonym according to Sladen (1889))
Astropecten hispidus Müller & Troschel, 1842 · unaccepted (synonym according to Doderlein (1917))
Astropecten mülleri Müller & Troschel, 1844 · unaccepted (synonym)
marine,
recent only
(of Asterias irregularis Pennant, 1777) Pennant, T. (1777). British Zoology, vol. IV. Crustacea. Mollusca. Testacea. <em>London.</em> i-viii, 1-154, pls. 1-93., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/127011
page(s): 61 [details]
Distribution Sublittoral to more than 200 m depth; lives buried in sand or muddy sand, all around the British Isles except for the...
Distribution Sublittoral to more than 200 m depth; lives buried in sand or muddy sand, all around the British Isles except for the eastern and central parts of the English Channel. [details]
Mah, C.L. (2025). World Asteroidea Database. Astropecten irregularis (Pennant, 1777). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=123867 on 2025-07-17
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Nomenclatureoriginal description
(of Asterias irregularis Pennant, 1777) Pennant, T. (1777). British Zoology, vol. IV. Crustacea. Mollusca. Testacea. <em>London.</em> i-viii, 1-154, pls. 1-93., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/127011 page(s): 61 [details] original description (of Astropecten acicularis Norman, 1865) Norman, A. (1865). On the genera and species of British Echinodermata. Part1. Crinoidea, Ophiuroidea, Asteroidea. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> series 3, v.15, 98-129., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16004402 page(s): 116 [details] original description (of Astropecten mülleri Müller & Troschel, 1844) Müller, J.; Troschel , F. H. (1844). Beschreibung neuer Asteriden. <em>Archiv für Naturgeschichte.</em> 10(1), 178-185., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7088953#page/186/mode/1up page(s): 181 [details] original description (of Astropecten hispidus Müller & Troschel, 1842) Müller, J. and Troschel, F. H. (1842). System der Asteriden.1. Asteriae. 2. Ophiuridae. <em>Vieweg: Braunschweig.</em> xxx+134 pp. 12 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/44159 page(s): 73 [details]  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] Othercontext source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
additional source Southward, E.C.; Campbell, A.C. (2006). [Echinoderms: keys and notes for the identification of British species]. <i>Synopses of the British fauna (new series)</i>, 56. Field Studies Council: Shrewsbury, UK. ISBN 1-85153-269-2. 272 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. <em>Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France.</em> 307 pp., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/145561.pdf [details] additional source Hansson, H. G. (1998). NEAT (North East Atlantic Taxa): Scandinavian Echinodermata Check-List (Comp.). , available online at https://www.gu.se/sites/default/files/2020-10/NEAT%2AEchinodermata.pdf [details]  Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Breeding Bipinnaria larva. Summer. [details]Distribution Sublittoral to more than 200 m depth; lives buried in sand or muddy sand, all around the British Isles except for the eastern and central parts of the English Channel. [details]
Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland
Marine Life Information Network - UK To Barcode of Life (14 barcodes) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Astropecten mülleri Müller & Troschel, 1844) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (143 publications) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (16 publications) (from synonym Astropecten acicularis Norman, 1865) To Dyntaxa To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Astropecten irregularis) To GenBank (4446 nucleotides; 12 proteins) To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI) To PESI To PESI (from synonym Astropecten acicularis Norman, 1865) To PESI (from synonym Astropecten mülleri Müller & Troschel, 1844) To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (1 record) To ITIS Unreviewed
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