The World Asteroidea Database - Asterina (Nepanthia) brevis Perrier, 1875

Asteroidea name details

Asterina (Nepanthia) brevis Perrier, 1875

AphiaID

934996 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:934996)

Classification

Status

unaccepted

Accepted name

Nepanthia brevis (Perrier, 1875) accepted as Nepanthia belcheri (Perrier, 1875)

Rank

Species

Parent

Asterina (Nepanthia) Gray, 1840 accepted as Nepanthia Gray, 1840

Original name

Asterina (Nepanthia) brevis Perrier, 1875

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Perrier, E. (1875). Révision de la collection de stellérides du Museum d'Histoire naturelle de Paris. Paris, Reinwald. 384 p., available online at https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044107304818&view=1up&seq=338
page(s): 321 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Mah, C.L. (2025). World Asteroidea Database. Asterina (Nepanthia) brevis Perrier, 1875. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Asteroidea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=934996 on 2026-08-07

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2017-01-19 03:55:38Z

created

Mah, Christopher

2024-12-23 01:51:02Z

changed

Mah, Christopher

2025-01-01 07:16:41Z

changed

Mah, Christopher

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Sources (2)

original description Perrier, E. (1875). Révision de la collection de stellérides du Museum d'Histoire naturelle de Paris. Paris, Reinwald. 384 p., available online at https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044107304818&view=1up&seq=338
page(s): 321 [details]

additional source Perrier, E. (1876). Revision des Stellerides du Museum. <em>Archives de zoologie expérimentale et générale.</em> vol. 5: 209-304., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45529179
page(s): 241; note: Alternate citation, but same description. [details]