The World Asteroidea Database - Hymenodiscus tenella (Ludwig, 1905)

Asteroidea taxon details

Hymenodiscus tenella (Ludwig, 1905)

AphiaID

381781 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:381781)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Hymenodiscus Perrier, 1884

Original name

Brisinga tenella Ludwig, 1905

Synonymised names

Brisinga tenella Ludwig, 1905 · unaccepted

Brisingella tenella (Ludwig, 1905) · unaccepted

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

(of Brisinga tenella 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): 255 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Mah, C.L. (2025). World Asteroidea Database. Hymenodiscus tenella (Ludwig, 1905). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/asteroidea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=381781 on 2026-07-13

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2009-01-29 02:13:42Z

created

Mah, Christopher

2020-01-03 08:09:12Z

changed

Mah, Christopher

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original description (of Brisinga tenella 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): 255 [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

Definitions

To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (Holotype USNM 34341) (from synonym Brisinga tenella Ludwig, 1905)