The World Asteroidea Database - Australiaster Fisher, 1923

WoRMS name details

Australiaster Fisher, 1923

AphiaID

255047 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:255047)

Classification

Status

unaccepted

Accepted name

Sclerasterias Perrier, 1891

Rank

Genus

Parent

Asteriidae Gray, 1840

Direct children (1)

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Species Australiaster dubia (H.L. Clark, 1909) accepted as Sclerasterias dubia (H.L. Clark, 1909) (Australiaster synonymized into Sclerasterias by Mah & Foltz 2011)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Fisher, W.K. (1923).A preliminary synopsis of the Asteriidae, a family of sea-stars. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 12(9): 247-258
page(s): 258 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Mah, C.L. (2025). World Asteroidea Database. Australiaster Fisher, 1923. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=255047 on 2025-05-11

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2007-12-28 03:06:27Z

created

Mah, Christopher

2011-06-27 21:58:12Z

changed

Mah, Christopher

Licensing

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Links (2)

Nomenclature

original description Fisher, W.K. (1923).A preliminary synopsis of the Asteriidae, a family of sea-stars. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 12(9): 247-258
page(s): 258 [details]

To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Australiaster)
To Genbank