WoRMS taxon details
Echinaster purpureus (Gray, 1840)
213317 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:213317)
accepted
Species
Cribrella fallax (Muller & Troschel, 1842) · unaccepted (Synonym according to Sladen (1889))
Echinaster fallax Muller & Troschel, 1842 · unaccepted (Synonym according to Sladen (1889))
Echinaster vestitus Perrier, 1869 · unaccepted (synonym according to H.L. Clark (1921))
Ophidiaster vestitus Perrier, 1869 · unaccepted
Othilia purpurea Gray, 1840 · unaccepted (original combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Othilia purpurea Gray, 1840) Gray, J.E. (1840). XXXII. A synopsis of the genera and species of the class Hypostoma (<i>Asterias</i>, Linnaeus). <em>Annals of the Magazine of Natural History.</em> 6: 275-290., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2336044#page/309/mode/1up
page(s): 282 [details]
page(s): 282 [details]
Description Colour in life: golden brown to dark brown with large irregular brown markings transversely on arms (Humphreys, 1981).
Description Colour in life: golden brown to dark brown with large irregular brown markings transversely on arms (Humphreys, 1981).
General distribution: Red Sea and indian Ocean from Mozambique to the Bay of Bengal (Tortonese, 1980).
Also distributed in Ceylon and Bay of Bengal (Clark & Rowe, 1971). [details]
General distribution: Red Sea and indian Ocean from Mozambique to the Bay of Bengal (Tortonese, 1980).
Also distributed in Ceylon and Bay of Bengal (Clark & Rowe, 1971). [details]
Mah, C.L. (2024). World Asteroidea Database. Echinaster purpureus (Gray, 1840). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=213317 on 2024-04-20
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original description
(of Ophidiaster vestitus Perrier, 1869) Perrier, E. (1869). Recherche sur les pédicellaires et les ambulacres des astérides et des oursins. <em>Thèses présentées à la Faculté des Sciences de Paris pour obtenir le Grade de Docteur ès Sciences Naturelles Victor Masson et fils, Paris.</em> 5-188, plates 1-7., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13976641
page(s): 62 [details]
original description (of Echinaster fallax Muller & Troschel, 1842) Müller, J. and Troschel, F. H. (1842). System der Asteriden.1. Asteriae. 2. Ophiuridae. <em>Vieweg: Braunschweig.</em> xxx+134 pp. 12 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/44159
page(s): 23 [details]
original description (of Othilia purpurea Gray, 1840) Gray, J.E. (1840). XXXII. A synopsis of the genera and species of the class Hypostoma (<i>Asterias</i>, Linnaeus). <em>Annals of the Magazine of Natural History.</em> 6: 275-290., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2336044#page/309/mode/1up
page(s): 282 [details]
basis of record Clark, A. M.; Rowe, F. W. E. (1971). Monograph of shallow-water indo-west Pacific Echinoderms. <em>Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History).</em> London. x + 238 p. + 30 pls., available online at http://www.abctaxa.be/downloads/additional-information-volume-1/works-famous-holothuroid-workers/fwe-rowe/MonographIndoWestPacific.pdf [details]
page(s): 62 [details]
original description (of Echinaster fallax Muller & Troschel, 1842) Müller, J. and Troschel, F. H. (1842). System der Asteriden.1. Asteriae. 2. Ophiuridae. <em>Vieweg: Braunschweig.</em> xxx+134 pp. 12 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/44159
page(s): 23 [details]
original description (of Othilia purpurea Gray, 1840) Gray, J.E. (1840). XXXII. A synopsis of the genera and species of the class Hypostoma (<i>Asterias</i>, Linnaeus). <em>Annals of the Magazine of Natural History.</em> 6: 275-290., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2336044#page/309/mode/1up
page(s): 282 [details]
basis of record Clark, A. M.; Rowe, F. W. E. (1971). Monograph of shallow-water indo-west Pacific Echinoderms. <em>Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History).</em> London. x + 238 p. + 30 pls., available online at http://www.abctaxa.be/downloads/additional-information-volume-1/works-famous-holothuroid-workers/fwe-rowe/MonographIndoWestPacific.pdf [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From other sources
Description Colour in life: golden brown to dark brown with large irregular brown markings transversely on arms (Humphreys, 1981).General distribution: Red Sea and indian Ocean from Mozambique to the Bay of Bengal (Tortonese, 1980).
Also distributed in Ceylon and Bay of Bengal (Clark & Rowe, 1971). [details]
Remark In subgenus (Othilia) in(Tortonese (1949). [details]
To Barcode of Life (8 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (29 publications) (from synonym Echinaster fallax Muller & Troschel, 1842)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (34 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive (ENA)
To GenBank (9 nucleotides; 6 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To MNHN Type collection (IE 2014-365) (from synonym Ophidiaster vestitus Perrier, 1869)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (18 records)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (29 publications) (from synonym Echinaster fallax Muller & Troschel, 1842)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (34 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive (ENA)
To GenBank (9 nucleotides; 6 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To MNHN Type collection (IE 2014-365) (from synonym Ophidiaster vestitus Perrier, 1869)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (18 records)
From editor or global species database
Hosted externally, from synonym
