The World Asteroidea Database - Pisaster fissispinus (Stimpson, 1862)

WoRMS name details

Pisaster fissispinus (Stimpson, 1862)

AphiaID

378991 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:378991)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (Synonym according to Fisher (1926, 1930))

Accepted Name

Pisaster ochraceus (Brandt, 1835)

Rank

Species

Parent

Pisaster Müller & Troschel, 1840

Original name

Asterias fissispina Stimpson, 1862

Synonymised names

Asterias fissispina Stimpson, 1862 · unaccepted (Synonym according to Fisher...)

Synonym according to Fisher (1926, 1930)

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

(of Asterias fissispina Stimpson, 1862) Stimpson, W. (1862). On new genera and species of starfishes of the family Pycnopodidae (Asteracanthion Mueller & Troschel). Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural HIstory. 8: 261-273., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9492675
page(s): 264 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Mah, C.L. (2024). World Asteroidea Database. Pisaster fissispinus (Stimpson, 1862). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=378991 on 2024-07-24

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2008-12-29 07:51:57Z

created

Mah, Christopher

2017-01-20 06:11:28Z

changed

Mah, Christopher

2017-06-19 16:23:34Z

changed

Mah, Christopher

Licensing

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original description (of Asterias fissispina Stimpson, 1862) Stimpson, W. (1862). On new genera and species of starfishes of the family Pycnopodidae (Asteracanthion Mueller & Troschel). Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural HIstory. 8: 261-273., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9492675
page(s): 264 [details]

To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (Holotype USNM 1276) (from synonym Asterias fissispina Stimpson, 1862)