The World Asteroidea Database - Oreaster superbus Möbius, 1859

Asteroidea name details

Oreaster superbus Möbius, 1859

AphiaID

213282 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:213282)

Classification

Status

unaccepted

Accepted Name

Pentaceros superbus (Möbius, 1859) accepted as Poraster superbus (Möbius, 1859)

Rank

Species

Parent

Oreaster Müller & Troschel, 1842

Orig. name

Oreaster superbus Möbius, 1859

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Möbius, K. (1859). Neue Seesterne des Hamburger und Kieler Museums. Abhandlungen und Verhandlungen Naturwissenschaftlicher Verein in Hamburg. 4(2): 1-14., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12191319
page(s): 5 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Mah, C.L. (2021). World Asteroidea Database. Oreaster superbus Möbius, 1859. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Asteroidea../aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=213282 on 2023-06-04

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2000-07-11 17:44:15Z

created

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2008-12-07 14:43:37Z

changed

Mah, Christopher

2017-05-29 03:43:09Z

changed

Mah, Christopher

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Sources (3)
Documented distribution (0)

original description Möbius, K. (1859). Neue Seesterne des Hamburger und Kieler Museums. Abhandlungen und Verhandlungen Naturwissenschaftlicher Verein in Hamburg. 4(2): 1-14., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12191319
page(s): 5 [details]

source of synonymy Clark, A. M. (1993). An index of names of recent Asteroidea, part 2: Valvatida. In: Jangoux, M.; Lawrence, J.M. (Ed.) (1996). Echinoderm Studies. 4: 187-366. (look up in IMIS) [details]

source of synonymy Rowe, F. W. E.; Gates, J. (1995). Echinodermata. In ‘Zoological Catalogue of Australia'. 33 (Ed A. Wells.) pp xiii + 510 (CSIRO Australia, Melbourne). [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality