The World Asteroidea Database - Petricia Gray, 1847

Asteroidea taxon details

Petricia Gray, 1847

AphiaID

291682 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:291682)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Asteropseidae Hotchkiss & Clark, 1976

Direct children (4)

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Species Petricia vernicina (Lamarck, 1816)
Species Petricia imperialis (Farquhar, 1897) accepted as Petricia vernicina (Lamarck, 1816) (apparently synonymized by HES Clark & McKnight 2001 with no explanation. retained by Keable & Reid 2015.)
Species Petricia obesa H.L. Clark, 1923 accepted as Petricia vernicina (Lamarck, 1816) (Synonym according to A.M. Clark (1966) and confirmed by Shepherd (1968))
Species Petricia punctata Gray, 1847 accepted as Asterias punctata Lamarck, 1816 accepted as Petricia vernicina (Lamarck, 1816) (synonym according to Perrier (1875))

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Gray, J.E. (1847). Descriptions of some new genera and species of Asteriadae. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 72-83., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12862856
page(s): 81 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Mah, C.L. (2025). World Asteroidea Database. Petricia Gray, 1847. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/asteroidea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=291682 on 2025-05-09

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2008-01-21 08:09:52Z

created

Mah, Christopher

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original description Gray, J.E. (1847). Descriptions of some new genera and species of Asteriadae. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 72-83., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12862856
page(s): 81 [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

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Definitions

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To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Petricia)
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