WoRMS taxon details
Hypselaster limicolus (A. Agassiz, 1878)
422518 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:422518)
accepted
Species
Opissaster limicola (A. Agassiz, 1878) · unaccepted (transferred to Hypselaster)
Periaster limicola A. Agassiz, 1878 · unaccepted (transferred to Hypselaster)
Schizaster (Periaster) limicola A. Agassiz, 1878 · unaccepted (incorrect declination of specific name)
Schizaster (Periaster) limicolus A. Agassiz, 1878 · unaccepted (transferred to Hypselaster)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Not documented
Kroh, A.; Mooi, R. (2026). World Echinoidea Database. Hypselaster limicolus (A. Agassiz, 1878). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=422518 on 2026-07-19
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Schizaster (Periaster) limicola A. Agassiz, 1878) Agassiz, A. (1878). Report on the results of dredging, under the supervision of Alexander Agassiz, in the Gulf of Mexico, by the U.S. Coast Survey Steamer "Blake", Lieutenant-Commander C. D. Sigsbee, U.S.N., Commanding. Report on the Echini. <i>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy at Harvard College</i>. 5, 181-195., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28863779
page(s): 193; pl. 3: figs 1-4 [details]
basis of record Pawson, D. L., D. J. Vance, C. G. Messing, F. A. Solis-Marin & C. L. Mah. (2009). Echinodermata of the Gulf of Mexico. <em>Pp. 1177–1204 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota.</em> Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College S. [details]
page(s): 193; pl. 3: figs 1-4 [details]
basis of record Pawson, D. L., D. J. Vance, C. G. Messing, F. A. Solis-Marin & C. L. Mah. (2009). Echinodermata of the Gulf of Mexico. <em>Pp. 1177–1204 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota.</em> Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College S. [details]
Other
context source (Deepsea)
Census of Marine Life (2012). SYNDEEP: Towards a first global synthesis of biodiversity, biogeography and ecosystem function in the deep sea. Unpublished data (datasetID: 3), available online at http://www.comlsecretariat.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/SYNDEEP-Towards-a-first-global-synthesis-of-biodiversity-biogeography-and-ecosystem-function-in-the-deep-sea-Eva-Ramirez-Llodra-et-al..pdf [details]
additional source Mortensen, T. (1951). A Monograph of the Echinoidea. V, 2. Spatangoida II. Amphisternata II. Spatangidæ, Loveniidæ, Pericosmidæ, Schizasteridæ, Brissidæ, 593 pp., C. A. Reitzel, Copenhagen.
page(s): 314-315 [details]
additional source Mortensen, T. (1951). A Monograph of the Echinoidea. V, 2. Spatangoida II. Amphisternata II. Spatangidæ, Loveniidæ, Pericosmidæ, Schizasteridæ, Brissidæ, 593 pp., C. A. Reitzel, Copenhagen.
page(s): 314-315 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Syntype (of Schizaster (Periaster) limicola A. Agassiz, 1878) MCZ 2868, geounit Mississippi River Delta [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (19 publications) (from synonym Periaster limicola A. Agassiz, 1878)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Hypselaster limicolus)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (12 records)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Hypselaster limicolus)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (12 records)
From editor or global species database
