The World Asteroidea Database - Nepanthia platydisca Fisher, 1913

Asteroidea name details

Nepanthia platydisca Fisher, 1913

AphiaID

819891 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:819891)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (Original designation)

Accepted name

Paranepanthia platydisca (Fisher, 1913)

Rank

Species

Parent

Nepanthia Gray, 1840

Original name

Nepanthia platydisca Fisher, 1913

Environment

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

Original description

Fisher, W.K. (1913). New starfishes from the Philippine Islands, Celebes, and the Moluccas. Proceedings of the Untied States National Museum 46: 201-224, available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7761999#page/261/mode/1up
page(s): 218 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Mah, C.L. (2021). World Asteroidea Database. Nepanthia platydisca Fisher, 1913. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Asteroidea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=819891 on 2025-05-29

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2014-10-23 19:43:44Z

created

Mah, Christopher

[taxonomic tree]

original description Fisher, W.K. (1913). New starfishes from the Philippine Islands, Celebes, and the Moluccas. Proceedings of the Untied States National Museum 46: 201-224, available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7761999#page/261/mode/1up
page(s): 218 [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (Holotype USNM 32644)