Canadian Register of Marine Species - Nymphaster Sladen, 1889

CaRMS taxon details

Nymphaster Sladen, 1889

AphiaID

123299 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:123299)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Goniasteridae Forbes, 1841

Direct children (1)

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Species Nymphaster arenatus (Perrier, 1881)

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Original description

Sladen, W.P. (1889). Report on the Asteroidea. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–1876. Zoology. 30 (part 51): xlii + 893 pages, 118 plates., available online at http://www.19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-51/README.htm [details]

Taxonomic citation

Mah, C.L. (2024). World Asteroidea Database. Nymphaster Sladen, 1889. Accessed through: Nozères, C., Kennedy, M.K. (Eds.) (2024) Canadian Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/CaRMS/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=123299 on 2024-04-20

Regional species database citation

Nozères, C., Kennedy, M.K. (Eds.) (2024). Canadian Register of Marine Species. Nymphaster Sladen, 1889. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/carms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=123299 on 2024-04-20

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Hansson, Hans

2007-12-17 23:27:22Z

changed

Mah, Christopher

2008-10-24 13:48:31Z

changed

Mah, Christopher

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original description Sladen, W.P. (1889). Report on the Asteroidea. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–1876. Zoology. 30 (part 51): xlii + 893 pages, 118 plates., available online at http://www.19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-51/README.htm [details]

basis of record Hansson, H.G. (2001). Echinodermata, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,. 50: pp. 336-351. (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source Clark, A. M.; Downey, M. E. (1992). Starfishes of the Atlantic. Chapman & Hall Identification Guides, 3. Chapman & Hall. London, UK. ISBN 0-412-43280-3. xxvi, 794 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source Clark, A. M. (1993). An index of names of recent Asteroidea, part 2: Valvatida. In: Jangoux, M.; Lawrence, J.M. (Ed.) (1996). Echinoderm Studies. 4: 187-366. (look up in IMIS) [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

From editor or global species database

Type specimen According to A.M. Clark (1993) Nymphaster Sladen in Thomson & Murray 1885 is a NOMEN NUDUM, diagnosed but no species named. [details]

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