The World Asteroidea Database - Petricia imperialis (Farquhar, 1897)

Asteroidea name details

Petricia imperialis (Farquhar, 1897)

AphiaID

370910 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:370910)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (apparently synonymized by HES Clark & McKnight 2001 with no explanation. retained by Keable & Reid 2015.)

Accepted name

Petricia vernicina (Lamarck, 1816)

Rank

Species

Parent

Petricia Gray, 1847

Original name

Asteropsis imperialis Farquhar, 1897

Synonymised names

Asteropsis imperialis Farquhar, 1897 · unaccepted

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

(of Asteropsis imperialis Farquhar, 1897) Farquhar, H. (1897). A contribution to the history of New Zealand Echinoderms. <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 26: 186-198., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31882602
page(s): 193 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Mah, C.L. (2025). World Asteroidea Database. Petricia imperialis (Farquhar, 1897). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/asteroidea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=370910 on 2026-07-19

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2008-12-07 14:43:37Z

created

Mah, Christopher

2025-03-03 20:56:49Z

changed

Mah, Christopher

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original description (of Asteropsis imperialis Farquhar, 1897) Farquhar, H. (1897). A contribution to the history of New Zealand Echinoderms. <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 26: 186-198., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31882602
page(s): 193 [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Asteropsis imperialis Farquhar, 1897)