WoRMS taxon details

Poraster superbus (Möbius, 1859)

213326  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:213326)

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Species
Poraster indicus (Koehler, 1910) · unaccepted (A variety of P. superbus...)  
A variety of P. superbus according to Doderlein (1936).
Poraster productus Döderlein, 1916 · unaccepted (A synonym according to Doderlein (1936))

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(of Oreaster superbus Möbius, 1859) Möbius, K. (1859). Neue Seesterne des Hamburger und Kieler Museums. <em>Abhandlungen und Verhandlungen Naturwissenschaftlicher Verein in Hamburg.</em> 4(2): 1-14., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12191319
page(s): 5, plate 2 [details]   
Description Also distributed in Ceylon, Bay of Bengal, East Indies, Philippines, China and south Japan (Clark & Rowe, 1971); Australia...  
Description Also distributed in Ceylon, Bay of Bengal, East Indies, Philippines, China and south Japan (Clark & Rowe, 1971); Australia (Rowe & Gates, 1995).
Ecology: benthic, continental shelf, inner continental shelf. General distribution: tropical, (?Indo)-west Pacific Ocean, depth range 25-55 m. (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]
Mah, C.L. (2024). World Asteroidea Database. Poraster superbus (Möbius, 1859). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=213326 on 2024-03-28
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1997-02-03 23:00:00Z
created
2000-09-26 07:19:20Z
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Garcia, Maria
2008-12-07 02:46:14Z
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original description  (of Oreaster superbus Möbius, 1859) Möbius, K. (1859). Neue Seesterne des Hamburger und Kieler Museums. <em>Abhandlungen und Verhandlungen Naturwissenschaftlicher Verein in Hamburg.</em> 4(2): 1-14., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12191319
page(s): 5, plate 2 [details]   

original description  (of Poraster productus Döderlein, 1916) Döderlein, L. (1916). Uber die Gattung <i>Oreaster</i> und verwandte. <em>Zoologische Jahrbücher.</em> 40: 409-440., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9759800
page(s): 438 [details]   

original description  (of Poraster superbus var. bengalensis Döderlein, 1936) Döderlein, L. (1936). Die Asteriden der Siboga-Exped. III. Die unterfamile Oreasterinae. Siboga-Expedition, 46(2): 295-369, pls. 21-32., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11718319#page/413/mode/1up
page(s): 367 [details]   

original description  (of Oreaster productus Bell, 1884) Bell, F. J. (1884). Contributions to the Systematic Arrangement of the Asteroidea.-II. The Species of <i>Oreaster</i>. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 52(1), 57-87., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30826337#page/99/mode/1up
page(s): 74 [details]   

original description  (of Pentaceros indicus Koehler, 1910) Koehler, R. (1910). An account of the shallow-water Asteroidea. <em>Echinoderma of the Indian Museum.</em> Part 6: 1-192., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49413290
page(s): 110 [details]   

original description  (of Pentaceros tuberata Sladen, 1889) Sladen, W.P. (1889). Report on the Asteroidea. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–1876. Zoology.</em> 30 (part 51): xlii + 893 pages, 118 plates., available online at http://www.19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-51/README.htm
page(s): 347 [details]   

original description  (of Pentaceros productus var. tuberata Sladen, 1889) Sladen, W.P. (1889). Report on the Asteroidea. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–1876. Zoology.</em> 30 (part 51): xlii + 893 pages, 118 plates., available online at http://www.19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-51/README.htm
page(s): 347 [details]   

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

additional source Rowe, F. W. E.; Gates, J. (1995). Echinodermata. <em>In ‘Zoological Catalogue of Australia'.</em> 33 (Ed A. Wells.) pp xiii + 510 (CSIRO Australia, Melbourne). [details]   
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

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Description Also distributed in Ceylon, Bay of Bengal, East Indies, Philippines, China and south Japan (Clark & Rowe, 1971); Australia (Rowe & Gates, 1995).
Ecology: benthic, continental shelf, inner continental shelf. General distribution: tropical, (?Indo)-west Pacific Ocean, depth range 25-55 m. (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]

Holotype Holotype in Zoologisches Museum für Hamburg, Hamburg (Germany) No. 3742. Type locality: Sumatra, Indonesia (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]