The World Asteroidea Database - Asterias margaritifera Brandt in Fisher, 1930

Asteroidea name details

Asterias margaritifera Brandt in Fisher, 1930

AphiaID

379525 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:379525)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (Synonym according to Fisher (1930))

Accepted Name

Pisaster ochraceus (Brandt, 1835)

Rank

Species

Parent

Asterias Linnaeus, 1758

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Not documented

Taxonomic citation

Mah, C.L. (2021). World Asteroidea Database. Asterias margaritifera Brandt in Fisher, 1930. Accessed at: http://www.marinespecies.org/asteroidea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=379525 on 2024-04-25

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2009-01-03 23:20:49Z

created

Mah, Christopher

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Sources (0)
Notes (1)

Not documented

From editor or global species database

Synonymy Name from label, so possibly MS comb. Asteracanthion margaritifer Muller & Troschel, 1842, also from Sitka, Alaska, a synonym of Pisaster ochraceus (Brandt, 1835) according to Fisher (1930). [details]