The World Asteroidea Database - Lophopteraster abyssorum Verrill, 1895

Asteroidea name details

Lophopteraster abyssorum Verrill, 1895

AphiaID

380930 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:380930)

Classification

Status

unaccepted

Accepted name

Pteraster abyssorum (Verrill, 1895)

Rank

Species

Parent

Lophopteraster Verrill, 1895 accepted as Pteraster Müller & Troschel, 1842

Original name

Lophopteraster abyssorum Verrill, 1895

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Verrill, A.E. (1895). Distribution of the Echinoderms of Northeastern America. <em>American Journal of Science.</em> ser. 3 v.49: 199-212., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40168844
page(s): 203 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Mah, C.L. (2021). World Asteroidea Database. Lophopteraster abyssorum Verrill, 1895. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/Asteroidea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=380930 on 2026-07-15

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2009-01-20 18:13:59Z

created

Mah, Christopher

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original description Verrill, A.E. (1895). Distribution of the Echinoderms of Northeastern America. <em>American Journal of Science.</em> ser. 3 v.49: 199-212., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40168844
page(s): 203 [details]

context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Syntype USNM 8141 [details]

To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (1 record)