The World Asteroidea Database - Fromia (Metrodira) Gray, 1840

Asteroidea name details

Fromia (Metrodira) Gray, 1840

AphiaID

378604 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:378604)

Classification

Status

unaccepted

Accepted Name

Metrodira Gray, 1840

Rank

Subgenus

Parent

Fromia Gray, 1840

Direct children (2)

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Species Fromia (Metrodira) subtilis (Lutken, 1871) accepted as Metrodira subtilis (Lutken, 1871)
Species Fromia (Metrodira) subulata (Gray, 1840) accepted as Metrodira subulata Gray, 1840

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Grammatical gender

feminine

Original description

Gray, J.E. (1840). XXXII. A synopsis of the genera and species of the class Hypostoma (Asterias, Linnaeus). Annals of the Magazine of Natural History. 6: 275-290., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2336044#page/309/mode/1up
page(s): 282; note: original description of Metrodira [details]

Taxonomic citation

Mah, C.L. (2021). World Asteroidea Database. Fromia (Metrodira) Gray, 1840. Accessed at: http://www.marinespecies.org/asteroidea./aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=378604 on 2024-04-18

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2008-12-24 03:52:28Z

created

Mah, Christopher

2017-08-31 16:47:26Z

changed

Mah, Christopher

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Sources (2)

original description Gray, J.E. (1840). XXXII. A synopsis of the genera and species of the class Hypostoma (Asterias, Linnaeus). Annals of the Magazine of Natural History. 6: 275-290., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2336044#page/309/mode/1up
page(s): 282; note: original description of Metrodira [details]

new combination reference Perrier, E. (1878). Etude sur la repartition geographique des Asterides. Nouvelles archives du Muséum d'histoire naturelle. 2(1): 1-108., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36857815
page(s): 78; note: Metrodira as subgenus of Fromia<.i> [details]