The World Asteroidea Database - Asterodiscides tuberculosus (Fisher, 1906)

Asteroidea taxon details

Asterodiscides tuberculosus (Fisher, 1906)

AphiaID

378070 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:378070)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Asterodiscides A. M. Clark, 1974

Original name

Asterodiscus tuberculosus Fisher, 1906

Synonymised names

Asterodiscus tuberculosus Fisher, 1906 · unaccepted

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

(of Asterodiscus tuberculosus Fisher, 1906) Fisher, W.K. (1906). The starfishes of the Hawaiian islands. Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission, 23: 987-1130., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51691707
page(s): 1075 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Mah, C.L. (2025). World Asteroidea Database. Asterodiscides tuberculosus (Fisher, 1906). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Asteroidea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=378070 on 2026-08-22

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2008-12-17 01:25:53Z

created

Mah, Christopher

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original description (of Asterodiscus tuberculosus Fisher, 1906) Fisher, W.K. (1906). The starfishes of the Hawaiian islands. Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission, 23: 987-1130., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51691707
page(s): 1075 [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Definitions

To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (1 record)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (1 record) (from synonym Asterodiscus tuberculosus Fisher, 1906)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (Holotype USNM 21172) (from synonym Asterodiscus tuberculosus Fisher, 1906)