African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS) - Scytaster Müller & Troschel, 1842

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Scytaster Müller & Troschel, 1842

Nardoa variolata

AphiaID

206178 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:206178)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (Synonym)

Accepted name

Nardoa Gray, 1840

Rank

Genus

Parent

Ophidiasteridae Verrill, 1870

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Species Scytaster tuberculatus (Gray, 1840) accepted as Nardoa tuberculata Gray, 1840
Species Scytaster variolatus (Bruzelius, 1805) accepted as Linckia variolata (Bruzelius, 1805) accepted as Nardoa variolata (Bruzelius, 1805)

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Müller, J. and Troschel, F. H. (1842). System der Asteriden.1. Asteriae. 2. Ophiuridae. Vieweg: Braunschweig. xxx+134 pp. 12 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/44159
page(s): 34 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Mah, C.L. (2021). World Asteroidea Database. Scytaster Müller & Troschel, 1842. 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=206178 on 2025-12-06

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) (2025). African Register of Marine Species. Scytaster Müller & Troschel, 1842. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=206178 on 2025-12-06

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

1999-09-07 19:54:12Z

created

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2000-09-26 07:19:20Z

changed

Garcia, Maria

2008-12-07 16:29:36Z

changed

Mah, Christopher

2008-12-25 15:21:38Z

changed

Mah, Christopher

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original description Müller, J. and Troschel, F. H. (1842). System der Asteriden.1. Asteriae. 2. Ophiuridae. Vieweg: Braunschweig. xxx+134 pp. 12 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/44159
page(s): 34 [details]

basis of record Clark, A. M. (1993). An index of names of recent Asteroidea, part 2: Valvatida. In: Jangoux, M.; Lawrence, J.M. (Ed.) (1996). Echinoderm Studies. 4: 187-366. (look up in IMIS) [details]

From editor or global species database

Nardoa variolata

Image from typetaxon