WoRMS name details

Pteraster danae Verrill, 1869

380939  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:380939)

uncertain > nomen dubium
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Verrill, A. E. (1869). On New and imperfectly known Echinoderms and Corals. <em>Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural HIstory.</em> 12: 381-391., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9494023#page/389/mode/1up
page(s): 386 [details]   
Mah, C.L. (2024). World Asteroidea Database. Pteraster danae Verrill, 1869. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=380939 on 2024-03-28
Date
action
by
2009-01-20 18:13:59Z
created
2023-12-28 20:03:49Z
changed

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original description Verrill, A. E. (1869). On New and imperfectly known Echinoderms and Corals. <em>Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural HIstory.</em> 12: 381-391., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9494023#page/389/mode/1up
page(s): 386 [details]   
From editor or global species database
Validity Possibly conspecific with P. stellifer Sladen, 1882 according to Fisher (1940) but holotype lost, identity uncertain according to Downey in Clark & Downey (1992). [details]