The World Asteroidea Database - Lophaster validus (Ludwig, 1905)

Asteroidea name details

Lophaster validus (Ludwig, 1905)

AphiaID

379855 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:379855)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (Synonym according to Djakonov (1950))

Accepted name

Lophaster furcilliger Fisher, 1905

Rank

Species

Parent

Lophaster Verrill, 1878

Original name

Sarkaster validus Ludwig, 1905

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

(of Sarkaster validus Ludwig, 1905) Ludwig, H. (1905). Asteroidea. <em>Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard.</em> 32: vii-xii, 1-292+ plates., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28866803
page(s): 185 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Mah, C.L. (2021). World Asteroidea Database. Lophaster validus (Ludwig, 1905). Accessed at: http://www.marinespecies.org/Asteroidea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=379855 on 2026-07-03

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2009-01-08 02:40:22Z

created

Mah, Christopher

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Sources (1)
Documented distribution (1)

original description (of Sarkaster validus Ludwig, 1905) Ludwig, H. (1905). Asteroidea. <em>Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard.</em> 32: vii-xii, 1-292+ plates., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28866803
page(s): 185 [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality