African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS) - Pteraster affinis Smith, 1876

AfReMaS taxon details

Pteraster affinis Smith, 1876

AphiaID

172780 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:172780)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Pteraster Müller & Troschel, 1842

Original name

Pteraster affinis Smith, 1876

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Smith, E. A. (1876). Descriptions of species of Asteridae and Ophiuridae from Kerguelen Islands. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 4th series,vol.17: 105-113., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19267007
page(s): 108 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Mah, C.L. (2021). World Asteroidea Database. Pteraster affinis Smith, 1876. Accessed through: Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2021) African Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=172780 on 2026-04-16

Regional species database citation

Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2026). African Register of Marine Species. Pteraster affinis Smith, 1876. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=172780 on 2026-04-16

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-07-12 13:53:46Z

created

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2008-01-19 09:31:50Z

changed

Mah, Christopher

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original description Smith, E. A. (1876). Descriptions of species of Asteridae and Ophiuridae from Kerguelen Islands. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 4th series,vol.17: 105-113., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19267007
page(s): 108 [details]

context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]

basis of record Clarke, Andrew; Johnston, Nadine M. (2003). Antarctic marine benthic diversity. Oceanography and Marine Biology: an Annual Review. 41: 47-114. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors

additional source Clark, A. M.; Courtman-Stock, J. (1976). The echinoderms of southern Africa. Publ. No. 766. British Museum (Nat. Hist), London. 277 pp. [details]