The World Asteroidea Database - Othilia purpurea Gray, 1840

Asteroidea name details

Othilia purpurea Gray, 1840

AphiaID

827908 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:827908)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (original combination)

Accepted Name

Echinaster purpureus (Gray, 1840)

Rank

Species

Parent

Othilia Gray, 1840 accepted as Echinaster (Othilia) Gray, 1840 represented as Echinaster Müller & Troschel, 1840

Original name

Othilia purpurea Gray, 1840

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Gray, J.E. (1840). XXXII. A synopsis of the genera and species of the class Hypostoma (Asterias, Linnaeus). Annals of the Magazine of Natural History. 6: 275-290., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2336044#page/309/mode/1up
page(s): 282 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Mah, C.L. (2021). World Asteroidea Database. Othilia purpurea Gray, 1840. Accessed at: http://www.marinespecies.org/Asteroidea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=827908 on 2025-04-03

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2014-12-25 18:49:28Z

created

Mah, Christopher

[taxonomic tree]

Sources (1)

original description Gray, J.E. (1840). XXXII. A synopsis of the genera and species of the class Hypostoma (Asterias, Linnaeus). Annals of the Magazine of Natural History. 6: 275-290., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2336044#page/309/mode/1up
page(s): 282 [details]