The World Asteroidea Database - Calliasterias Fewkes, 1889

Asteroidea name details

Calliasterias Fewkes, 1889

Pisaster giganteus

AphiaID

992356 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:992356)

Classification

Status

unaccepted

Accepted name

Pisaster Müller & Troschel, 1840

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Asterias exquisita de Loriol, 1887 accepted as Pisaster giganteus (Stimpson, 1857)

Parent

Asteriidae Gray, 1840

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Species Calliasterias exquisita (deLoriol, 1887) accepted as Pisaster giganteus (Stimpson, 1857)

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Fewkes, J. W. (1889). New invertebrata from the coast of California. <em>Bulletin of the Essex Institute, Salem.</em> 21(7,8,9): 99-146, plates 1-7., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11711150
page(s): 33 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Mah, C.L. (2025). World Asteroidea Database. Calliasterias Fewkes, 1889. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Asteroidea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=992356 on 2025-12-27

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2017-05-17 18:41:18Z

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original description Fewkes, J. W. (1889). New invertebrata from the coast of California. <em>Bulletin of the Essex Institute, Salem.</em> 21(7,8,9): 99-146, plates 1-7., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11711150
page(s): 33 [details]

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Pisaster giganteus

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