WoRMS name details

Schizaster (Periaster) limicolus A. Agassiz, 1878

569635 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:569635)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Echinodermata (Phylum)
  4. Echinozoa (Subphylum)
  5. Echinoidea (Class)
  6. Euechinoidea (Subclass)
  7. Irregularia (Infraclass)
  8. Atelostomata (Subterclass)
  9. Spatangoida (Order)
  10. Paleopneustina (Suborder)
  11. Schizasteridae (Family)
  12. Schizaster (Genus)
  13. Schizaster (Periaster) † (Subgenus)
  14. Schizaster (Periaster) limicolus (Species)
 unaccepted (transferred to Hypselaster)
Hypselaster limicolus (A. Agassiz, 1878)
Species
Schizaster (Periaster) d'Orbigny, 1854 † accepted as Periaster d'Orbigny, 1854 †
Schizaster (Periaster) limicola A. Agassiz, 1878 · unaccepted (incorrect declination of specific name)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Not documented
Kroh, A.; Mooi, R. (2026). World Echinoidea Database. Schizaster (Periaster) limicolus A. Agassiz, 1878. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=569635 on 2026-08-30
Date
action
by
2011-04-14 07:16:27Z
created
Kroh, Andreas
2013-08-26 18:24:18Z
changed
Kroh, Andreas

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Nomenclature

basis of record 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] 

Syntype (of Schizaster (Periaster) limicola A. Agassiz, 1878) MCZ 2868, geounit Mississippi River Delta [details]

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