The World Asteroidea Database - Nauricia pulchella Gray, 1840

Asteroidea name details

Nauricia pulchella Gray, 1840

AphiaID

380625 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:380625)

Classification

Status

unaccepted

Accepted Name

Craspidaster hesperus (Muller & Troschel, 1840)

Rank

Species

Parent

Nauricia Gray, 1840 accepted as Craspidaster Sladen, 1889

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Gray, J.E. (1840). XXII. A synopsis of the genera and species of the class Hypostoma (Asterias, Linnaeus). <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> 6: 175-184., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2335959
page(s): 180 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Mah, C.L. (2021). World Asteroidea Database. Nauricia pulchella Gray, 1840. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Asteroidea../aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=380625 on 2021-12-06

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2009-01-17 01:37:51Z

created

Mah, Christopher

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Sources (1)
Notes (1)

original description Gray, J.E. (1840). XXII. A synopsis of the genera and species of the class Hypostoma (Asterias, Linnaeus). <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> 6: 175-184., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2335959
page(s): 180 [details]

From editor or global species database

Synonymy Must be suppressed in order to retain the better known Craspidaster hesperus according to A.M. Clark (1989). [details]