The World Asteroidea Database - Tarsaster cocosanus (Ludwig, 1905)

Asteroidea taxon details

Tarsaster cocosanus (Ludwig, 1905)

AphiaID

255124 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:255124)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Tarsaster Sladen, 1889

Orig. name

Sporasterias cocosana Ludwig, 1905

Synonymised names

Sporasterias cocosana Ludwig, 1905 · unaccepted

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

(of Sporasterias cocosana 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): 235 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Mah, C.L. (2021). World Asteroidea Database. Tarsaster cocosanus (Ludwig, 1905). Accessed at: http://www.marinespecies.org/asteroidea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=255124 on 2022-06-25

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2007-12-30 03:30:36Z

created

Mah, Christopher

[taxonomic tree]

original description (of Sporasterias cocosana 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): 235 [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Definitions

To NMNH Extant Collection (Sporasterias cocosana USNM 34405 - Fragments) (from synonym Sporasterias cocosana Ludwig, 1905)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (1 record)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (Holotype USNM 34405) (from synonym Sporasterias cocosana Ludwig, 1905)


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