The World Asteroidea Database - Bunaster Döderlein, 1896

Asteroidea taxon details

Bunaster Döderlein, 1896

AphiaID

292781 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:292781)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Ophidiasteridae Verrill, 1870

Direct children (4)
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Species Bunaster ritteri Döderlein, 1896
Species Bunaster uniserialis H.L. Clark, 1921
Species Bunaster variegatus H.L. Clark, 1938

Species Bunaster lithodes Fisher, 1917 accepted as Bunaster ritteri Döderlein, 1896 (synonym according to Marsh, 1991)

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Döderlein, L. (1896). Bericht uber die von Herrn Professor Semon bei Amboina und Thursday Island gesammelten Asteroidea. Denkschriften der Medicinisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft zu Jena. 5: 301-326, plates 18-22., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39292078
page(s): 317 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Mah, C.L. (2023). World Asteroidea Database. Bunaster Döderlein, 1896. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/asteroidea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=292781 on 2023-06-02

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2008-01-25 09:35:43Z

created

Mah, Christopher

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Sources (2)

original description Döderlein, L. (1896). Bericht uber die von Herrn Professor Semon bei Amboina und Thursday Island gesammelten Asteroidea. Denkschriften der Medicinisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft zu Jena. 5: 301-326, plates 18-22., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39292078
page(s): 317 [details]

basis of record Marsh, L.M. (1991). A revision of the echinoderm genus Bunaster (Asteroidea; Ophidiasteridae). Records of the Western Australian Museum 15(2): 419-433., available online at http://museum.wa.gov.au/sites/default/files/A%20REVISION%20OF%20THE%20ECHINODERM%20GENUS%20BUNASTER%20(ASTEROIDEA%20OPHIDIASTERIDAE).pdf [details]