The World Asteroidea Database - Hydrasterias improvisus (Ludwig, 1905)

Asteroidea taxon details

Hydrasterias improvisus (Ludwig, 1905)

AphiaID

255111 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:255111)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Hydrasterias Sladen, 1889

Orig. name

Pedicellaster improvisus Ludwig, 1905

Synonymised names

Pedicellaster improvisus Ludwig, 1905 · unaccepted

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

(of Pedicellaster improvisus Ludwig, 1905) Ludwig, H. (1905). Asteroidea. <em>Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard.</em> 32: vii-xii, 1-292+ plates., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28866803
page(s): 216 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Mah, C.L. (2023). World Asteroidea Database. Hydrasterias improvisus (Ludwig, 1905). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Asteroidea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=255111 on 2023-09-23

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2007-12-30 03:30:36Z

created

Mah, Christopher

[taxonomic tree]

original description (of Pedicellaster improvisus Ludwig, 1905) Ludwig, H. (1905). Asteroidea. <em>Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard.</em> 32: vii-xii, 1-292+ plates., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28866803
page(s): 216 [details]

context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

To NMNH Extant Collection (Pedicellaster improvisus USNM 34433 - Fragments) (from synonym Pedicellaster improvisus Ludwig, 1905)


To NMNH Extant Coll... [hosted externally; from synonym]