The World Asteroidea Database - Sclerasterias stenactis (H.L. Clark, 1926)

WoRMS name details

Sclerasterias stenactis (H.L. Clark, 1926)

AphiaID

213392 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:213392)

Classification

Status

unaccepted

Accepted name

Sclerasterias mazophora (Wood-Mason & Alcock, 1891)

Rank

Species

Parent

Sclerasterias Perrier, 1891

Original name

Eustolasterias stenactis H.L. Clark, 1926

Synonymised names

Eustolasterias stenactis H.L. Clark, 1926 · unaccepted

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

(of Eustolasterias stenactis H.L. Clark, 1926) Clark, H. L. (1926). VII. Echinoderms from the South African Fisheries & Marine Biological Survey-pt. 2. <em>Sea-stars (Asteroidea). Fisheries and Marine Biological Survey, Union of South Africa.</em> 4: 1-33.
page(s): 23 [details]

Type data

Note NE of Durban, 355 m. (Clark & Courtman-Stock,...

Type locality NE of Durban, 355 m. (Clark & Courtman-Stock, 1976). [details]

Taxonomic citation

Mah, C.L. (2025). World Asteroidea Database. Sclerasterias stenactis (H.L. Clark, 1926). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=213392 on 2025-04-25

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2000-04-12 19:24:07Z

created

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2000-09-25 12:31:29Z

changed

Garcia, Maria

2009-02-01 01:36:32Z

changed

Mah, Christopher

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description (of Eustolasterias stenactis H.L. Clark, 1926) Clark, H. L. (1926). VII. Echinoderms from the South African Fisheries & Marine Biological Survey-pt. 2. <em>Sea-stars (Asteroidea). Fisheries and Marine Biological Survey, Union of South Africa.</em> 4: 1-33.
page(s): 23 [details]

basis of record Clark, A. M.; Courtman-Stock, J. (1976). The echinoderms of southern Africa. Publ. No. 766. British Museum (Nat. Hist), London. 277 pp. [details]

Present

Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

From editor or global species database

Validity Reduced to a forma of S. euplecta (Fisher 1906) by Fisher (1928) but thought to be a synonym of S. mazophora (Wood-Mason & Alcock, 1891) according to Macan (1938). [details]

Unreviewed

Type locality NE of Durban, 355 m. (Clark & Courtman-Stock, 1976). [details]