The World Asteroidea Database - Archaster magnificus Bell, 1881

WoRMS name details

Archaster magnificus Bell, 1881

AphiaID

382046 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:382046)

Classification

Status

unaccepted

Accepted name

Tethyaster magnificus (Bell, 1881) represented as Tethyaster vestitus magnificus (Bell, 1881)

Rank

Species

Parent

Archaster Müller & Troschel, 1840

Original name

Archaster magnificus Bell, 1881

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Bell, F.J. (1881). XLV. Description of a new species of the genus Archaster from St. Helena. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 5th series, v. 8: 440-441., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30038384#page/478/mode/1up
page(s): 440 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Mah, C.L. (2025). World Asteroidea Database. Archaster magnificus Bell, 1881. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=382046 on 2025-05-11

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2009-01-31 03:09:45Z

created

Mah, Christopher

Licensing

The webpage text is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License

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Sources (1)

Nomenclature

original description Bell, F.J. (1881). XLV. Description of a new species of the genus Archaster from St. Helena. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 5th series, v. 8: 440-441., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30038384#page/478/mode/1up
page(s): 440 [details]