WoRMS name details
Catostylus Wilkesii Agassiz, 1862
1395876 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1395876)
unaccepted (synonym)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Agassiz, L. (1862). Contributions to the natural history of the United States of America. <em>Little Brown, Boston.</em> 4: 1-380, pls 1-19., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16068829
page(s): 152; note: COPIED FROM AGASSIZ: "Large, new species, fourteen inches in diameter, drawn by Mr. J. Drayton during the U.S. Exploring Expedition. It has a general resemblance to C. mosaicus, and the figur...
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page(s): 152; note: COPIED FROM AGASSIZ: "Large, new species, fourteen inches in diameter, drawn by Mr. J. Drayton during the U.S. Exploring Expedition. It has a general resemblance to C. mosaicus, and the figur...
COPIED FROM AGASSIZ: "Large, new species, fourteen inches in diameter, drawn by Mr. J. Drayton during the U.S. Exploring Expedition. It has a general resemblance to C. mosaicus, and the figure before me shows the reticulation of the arms represented by Quoy and Gaimard, to be small bunches of marginal lobes. Slaty colored, rim transparent, with radiating white lines;- surface of the disk crenulate, dotted near the margin.- Illiware Lake ( J. Drayton)."
Type locality contained in Lake Illawarra
type locality contained in Lake Illawarra [details]
WoRMS (2025). Catostylus Wilkesii Agassiz, 1862. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1395876 on 2025-11-20
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Agassiz, L. (1862). Contributions to the natural history of the United States of America. <em>Little Brown, Boston.</em> 4: 1-380, pls 1-19., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16068829
page(s): 152; note: COPIED FROM AGASSIZ: "Large, new species, fourteen inches in diameter, drawn by Mr. J. Drayton during the U.S. Exploring Expedition. It has a general resemblance to C. mosaicus, and the figur...
[details]
page(s): 152; note: COPIED FROM AGASSIZ: "Large, new species, fourteen inches in diameter, drawn by Mr. J. Drayton during the U.S. Exploring Expedition. It has a general resemblance to C. mosaicus, and the figur...
COPIED FROM AGASSIZ: "Large, new species, fourteen inches in diameter, drawn by Mr. J. Drayton during the U.S. Exploring Expedition. It has a general resemblance to C. mosaicus, and the figure before me shows the reticulation of the arms represented by Quoy and Gaimard, to be small bunches of marginal lobes. Slaty colored, rim transparent, with radiating white lines;- surface of the disk crenulate, dotted near the margin.- Illiware Lake ( J. Drayton)."
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
