The World Asteroidea Database - Hymenodiscus fragilis (Fisher, 1906)

WoRMS taxon details

Hymenodiscus fragilis (Fisher, 1906)

AphiaID

381774 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:381774)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Hymenodiscus Perrier, 1884

Original name

Brisinga fragilis Fisher, 1906

Synonymised names

Brisinga fragilis Fisher, 1906 · unaccepted

Brisingella fragilis (Fisher, 1906) · unaccepted

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

(of Brisinga fragilis Fisher, 1906) Fisher, W.K. (1906). The starfishes of the Hawaiian islands. Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission, 23: 987-1130., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51691707
page(s): 1115 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Mah, C.L. (2025). World Asteroidea Database. Hymenodiscus fragilis (Fisher, 1906). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=381774 on 2025-05-16

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2009-01-29 02:13:42Z

created

Mah, Christopher

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description (of Brisinga fragilis Fisher, 1906) Fisher, W.K. (1906). The starfishes of the Hawaiian islands. Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission, 23: 987-1130., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51691707
page(s): 1115 [details]

Other

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

Present

Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Definitions

To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (4 records) (from synonym Brisingella fragilis (Fisher, 1906))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (9 records) (from synonym Brisinga fragilis Fisher, 1906)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (Holotype USNM 21194) (from synonym Brisinga fragilis Fisher, 1906)