The World Asteroidea Database - Bathybiaster pectinatus Fisher, 1904

Asteroidea name details

Bathybiaster pectinatus Fisher, 1904

AphiaID

880777 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:880777)

Classification

Status

unaccepted

Accepted name

Psilaster pectinatus (Fisher, 1905)

Rank

Species

Parent

Bathybiaster Danielssen & Koren, 1883

Original name

Bathybiaster pectinatus Fisher, 1904

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Fisher, W. K. (1905). New starfishes from deep water off California and Alaska. <em>Bulletin of the Bureau of Fisheries.</em> 24: 291-320., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25135459
page(s): 295 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Mah, C.L. (2025). World Asteroidea Database. Bathybiaster pectinatus Fisher, 1904. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Asteroidea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=880777 on 2026-03-27

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2016-06-28 16:00:58Z

created

Mah, Christopher

2025-02-25 23:16:36Z

changed

Mah, Christopher

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original description Fisher, W. K. (1905). New starfishes from deep water off California and Alaska. <em>Bulletin of the Bureau of Fisheries.</em> 24: 291-320., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25135459
page(s): 295 [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (Holotype USNM 22327)