The World Asteroidea Database - Astropecten gracilis Gray, 1840

Asteroidea name details

Astropecten gracilis Gray, 1840

AphiaID

368631 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:368631)

Classification

Status

uncertain > nomen dubium (Indeterminable according to Doderlein (1917))

Rank

Species

Parent

Astropecten Gray, 1840

Orig. name

Astropecten gracilis Gray, 1840

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Gray, J.E. (1840). XXII. A synopsis of the genera and species of the class Hypostoma (Asterias, Linnaeus). <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> 6: 175-184., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2335959
page(s): 182 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Mah, C.L. (2021). World Asteroidea Database. Astropecten gracilis Gray, 1840. Accessed at: http://www.marinespecies.org/Asteroidea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=368631 on 2024-04-25

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2008-10-22 01:37:08Z

created

Mah, Christopher

2023-12-28 20:03:49Z

changed

Mah, Christopher

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Sources (1)
Notes (1)

original description Gray, J.E. (1840). XXII. A synopsis of the genera and species of the class Hypostoma (Asterias, Linnaeus). <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> 6: 175-184., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2335959
page(s): 182 [details]

From editor or global species database

Type specimen Type locality unknown. Type lost. [details]