The World Asteroidea Database - Brisingella exilis (Fisher, 1905)

Asteroidea name details

Brisingella exilis (Fisher, 1905)

AphiaID

381928 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:381928)

Classification

Status

unaccepted

Accepted name

Hymenodiscus exilis (Fisher, 1905)

Rank

Species

Parent

Brisingella Fisher, 1917 accepted as Hymenodiscus Perrier, 1884

Original name

Brisinga exilis Fisher, 1905

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

(of Brisinga exilis Fisher, 1905) Fisher, W. K. (1905). New starfishes from deep water off California and Alaska. <em>Bulletin of the Bureau of Fisheries.</em> 24: 291-320., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25135459
page(s): 318 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Mah, C.L. (2021). World Asteroidea Database. Brisingella exilis (Fisher, 1905). Accessed at: http://www.marinespecies.org/Asteroidea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=381928 on 2025-05-06

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2009-01-30 03:03:03Z

created

Mah, Christopher

[taxonomic tree]

original description (of Brisinga exilis Fisher, 1905) Fisher, W. K. (1905). New starfishes from deep water off California and Alaska. <em>Bulletin of the Bureau of Fisheries.</em> 24: 291-320., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25135459
page(s): 318 [details]

context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (22 records)
To ITIS