The World Asteroidea Database - Tarsaster distichopus Fisher, 1917

Asteroidea name details

Tarsaster distichopus Fisher, 1917

AphiaID

431827 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:431827)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (original combination)

Accepted Name

Ampheraster distichopus (Fisher, 1917)

Rank

Species

Parent

Tarsaster Sladen, 1889

Orig. name

Tarsaster distichopus Fisher, 1917

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Fisher, W.K. (1917). New starfishes from the Philippines and Celebes. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 30: 89-93., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3334970
page(s): 92 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Mah, C.L. (2021). World Asteroidea Database. Tarsaster distichopus Fisher, 1917. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/asteroidea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=431827 on 2023-03-30

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2009-11-26 03:14:06Z

created

Mah, Christopher

2015-06-20 15:20:49Z

changed

Mah, Christopher

[taxonomic tree]

original description Fisher, W.K. (1917). New starfishes from the Philippines and Celebes. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 30: 89-93., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3334970
page(s): 92 [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

To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (Holotype USNM 37031)