The World Asteroidea Database - Astropecten stellatus Gray, 1840

Asteroidea name details

Astropecten stellatus Gray, 1840

AphiaID

370802 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:370802)

Classification

Status

unaccepted

Accepted Name

Astropecten brasiliensis peruvianus Verrill, 1867

Rank

Species

Parent

Astropecten Gray, 1840

Orig. name

Astropecten stellatus 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): 181 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Mah, C.L. (2021). World Asteroidea Database. Astropecten stellatus Gray, 1840. Accessed at: http://marinespecies.org/Asteroidea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=370802 on 2024-04-20

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2008-12-06 03:13:29Z

created

Mah, Christopher

2009-01-11 20:59:00Z

changed

Mah, Christopher

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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): 181 [details]

From editor or global species database

Synonymy Clark (1989) notes "Possibly conspecific with A. peruvianus Verrill 1870 (a subspecies of A. brasiliensis M&T 1842) according to H.L. Clark (1910) but an indeterminate species acccording to Doderlein (1917). [details]