The World Asteroidea Database - Crossaster japonicus (Fisher, 1911)

Asteroidea taxon details

Crossaster japonicus (Fisher, 1911)

AphiaID

368159 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:368159)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Crossaster Müller & Troschel, 1840

Original name

Solaster japonicus Fisher, 1911

Synonymised names

Solaster japonicus Fisher, 1911 · unaccepted

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

(of Solaster japonicus Fisher, 1911) Fisher, W.K. (1911). Asteroidea of the North Pacific and adjacent waters. 1. Phanerozonia and Spinulosida. Bulletin of the US National Museum, 76: xiii+420 pp.122 pls., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7840387
page(s): 330 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Mah, C.L. (2025). World Asteroidea Database. Crossaster japonicus (Fisher, 1911). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/asteroidea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=368159 on 2026-05-10

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2008-10-09 21:58:02Z

created

Mah, Christopher

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original description (of Solaster japonicus Fisher, 1911) Fisher, W.K. (1911). Asteroidea of the North Pacific and adjacent waters. 1. Phanerozonia and Spinulosida. Bulletin of the US National Museum, 76: xiii+420 pp.122 pls., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7840387
page(s): 330 [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

Definitions

Language	Name
Japanese	ニホンフサトゲニチリンヒトデ	[details]

To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Solaster japonicus Fisher, 1911)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Solaster japonicus Fisher, 1911)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Crossaster japonicus)
To GenBank (5 nucleotides; 16 proteins) (from synonym Solaster japonicus Fisher, 1911)
To GenBank (5 nucleotides; 16 proteins)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (3 records) (from synonym Solaster japonicus Fisher, 1911)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (Holotype USNM 27788) (from synonym Solaster japonicus Fisher, 1911)