The World Asteroidea Database - Asterias mollis Hutton, 1872

Asteroidea name details

Asterias mollis Hutton, 1872

AphiaID

378906 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:378906)

Classification

Status

unaccepted

Accepted name

Sclerasterias mollis (Hutton, 1872)

Rank

Species

Parent

Asterias Linnaeus, 1758

Original name

Asterias mollis Hutton, 1872

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Hutton, F. W. (1872). Descriptions of some new starfishes from New Zealand. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1872: 810-812., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28612288
page(s): 812 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Mah, C.L. (2021). World Asteroidea Database. Asterias mollis Hutton, 1872. Accessed at: http://www.marinespecies.org/asteroidea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=378906 on 2026-06-29

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2008-12-28 23:54:02Z

created

Mah, Christopher

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original description Hutton, F. W. (1872). Descriptions of some new starfishes from New Zealand. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1872: 810-812., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28612288
page(s): 812 [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications)