The World Asteroidea Database - Astropecten zebra Sladen, 1883

Asteroidea name details

Astropecten zebra Sladen, 1883

AphiaID

368457 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:368457)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (A synonym according to Shepherd (1968))

Accepted name

Astropecten vappa Müller & Troschel, 1843

Rank

Species

Parent

Astropecten Gray, 1840

Original name

Astropecten zebra Sladen, 1883

Direct children (2)

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Variety Astropecten zebra var. rosea Sladen, 1883 accepted as Astropecten rosea Sladen, 1883 accepted as Astropecten vappa Müller & Troschel, 1843
Variety Astropecten zebra var. sibogae Döderlein, 1917 accepted as Astropecten sibogae Döderlein, 1917 accepted as Astropecten vappa Müller & Troschel, 1843

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Sladen, W.P. (1883) The Asteroidea of H.M.S. <i>Challenger</i> Expedition, pt. 2. Astropectinidae. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology 17: 214-269., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31628552
page(s): 261 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Mah, C.L. (2021). World Asteroidea Database. Astropecten zebra Sladen, 1883. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Asteroidea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=368457 on 2026-07-17

Taxonomic edit history

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2008-10-17 04:40:47Z

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Mah, Christopher

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original description Sladen, W.P. (1883) The Asteroidea of H.M.S. <i>Challenger</i> Expedition, pt. 2. Astropectinidae. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology 17: 214-269., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31628552
page(s): 261 [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

To Barcode of Life
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (17 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Astropecten zebra)
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 1 proteins)