African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS) - Parvulastra dyscrita (H.L. Clark, 1923)

AfReMaS taxon details

Parvulastra dyscrita (H.L. Clark, 1923)

Patiriella dyscrita, South Africa

AphiaID

459555 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:459555)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Parvulastra O'Loughlin in O'Loughlin & Waters, 2004

Original name

Asterina dyscrita H.L. Clark, 1923

Synonymised names

Asterina dyscrita H.L. Clark, 1923 · unaccepted (transferred to Parvulastra by...)

transferred to Parvulastra by O'Loughlin & Waters (2004)

Patiriella dyscrita (H.L. Clark, 1923) · unaccepted (as per O'Loughlin & Waters (2004))

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

(of Asterina dyscrita 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): 284 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Mah, C.L. (2025). World Asteroidea Database. Parvulastra dyscrita (H.L. Clark, 1923). Accessed through: 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 at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=459555 on 2026-08-18

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. Parvulastra dyscrita (H.L. Clark, 1923). Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=459555 on 2026-08-18

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2010-02-27 02:02:44Z

created

Mah, Christopher

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original description (of Asterina dyscrita 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): 284 [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Definitions

To Barcode of Life (from synonym Patiriella dyscrita (H.L. Clark, 1923))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Asterina dyscrita H.L. Clark, 1923)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Parvulastra dyscrita)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 2 proteins) (from synonym Patiriella dyscrita (H.L. Clark, 1923))
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 2 proteins)

From editor or global species database

Patiriella dyscrita, South Africa

Image from synonym