The World Asteroidea Database - Asterodiscus tuberculosus Fisher, 1906

Asteroidea name details

Asterodiscus tuberculosus Fisher, 1906

AphiaID

378074 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:378074)

Classification

Status

unaccepted

Accepted name

Asterodiscides tuberculosus (Fisher, 1906)

Rank

Species

Parent

Asterodiscus Gray, 1847 accepted as Asterodiscides A. M. Clark, 1974

Original name

Asterodiscus tuberculosus Fisher, 1906

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

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. (2021). World Asteroidea Database. Asterodiscus tuberculosus Fisher, 1906. Accessed at: http://www.marinespecies.org/asteroidea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=378074 on 2026-08-09

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2008-12-17 01:25:53Z

created

Mah, Christopher

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original description 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

To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (1 record)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (Holotype USNM 21172)