Deep-Sea taxon details
Culcita Agassiz, 1836
204844 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:204844)
accepted
Genus
- Species Culcita borealis Süssbach & Breckner, 1911 accepted as Culcitopsis borealis (Süssbach & Breckner, 1911) (synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Agassiz, L. (1836). Prodrome d'une Monographie des Radiaires ou Echinodermes. <em>Mémoires de la Société des Sciences naturelles de Neuchâtel.</em> 1, 168-199., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10596479
page(s): 192 [details]
page(s): 192 [details]
Mah, C.L. (2025). World Asteroidea Database. Culcita Agassiz, 1836. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=204844 on 2026-09-01
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Culcita Agassiz, 1836. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=204844 on 2026-09-01
Date
action
by
2000-09-26 07:19:20Z
changed
Garcia, Maria
2006-07-31 06:57:06Z
changed
Camba Reu, Cibran
original description
Agassiz, L. (1836). Prodrome d'une Monographie des Radiaires ou Echinodermes. <em>Mémoires de la Société des Sciences naturelles de Neuchâtel.</em> 1, 168-199., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10596479
page(s): 192 [details]
basis of record Jangoux, M. (1973). Les Astéries de lIle Inhaca (Mozambique)(Echinodermata, Asteroidea). I. les espèces récoltées et leur répartition géographique. KMMA Annalen Serie IN-8o. [The asteroids of lIle Inhaca (Mozambique) (Echinodermata, Asteroidea). I. The species collected and their geographical distribution. KMMA Annals Series IN-8º]. <em>Zoologische Wetenschappen.</em> 208:1-50. [details]
additional source Clark, A. M. (1993). An index of names of recent Asteroidea, part 2: Valvatida. <em>In: Jangoux, M.; Lawrence, J.M. (Ed.) (1996). Echinoderm Studies.</em> 4: 187-366. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Hansson, H.G. (2001). Echinodermata, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i>. 50: pp. 336-351. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Kano, Y.T., M. Komatsu and C. Oguro. 1991. Morphological changes of the cushion star, <i>Culcita novaeguineae</i> Mueller and Troschel, during growth pp. 323-326 in Biology of Echinodermata, ed. by Yanagisawa, Yasumasu, Oguro, Suzuki and Motokawa. A.A. Balkema, Rotterdam. [details]
additional source Livingstone, A.A. (1932). Notes on some representatives of the asteroid genus <i>Culcita</i>. Australian Zoologist 7(3): 265-273. [details]
additional source Neave, S.A. (1939 - 1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus. vol. 1-10 Online., available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]
page(s): 192 [details]
basis of record Jangoux, M. (1973). Les Astéries de lIle Inhaca (Mozambique)(Echinodermata, Asteroidea). I. les espèces récoltées et leur répartition géographique. KMMA Annalen Serie IN-8o. [The asteroids of lIle Inhaca (Mozambique) (Echinodermata, Asteroidea). I. The species collected and their geographical distribution. KMMA Annals Series IN-8º]. <em>Zoologische Wetenschappen.</em> 208:1-50. [details]
additional source Clark, A. M. (1993). An index of names of recent Asteroidea, part 2: Valvatida. <em>In: Jangoux, M.; Lawrence, J.M. (Ed.) (1996). Echinoderm Studies.</em> 4: 187-366. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Hansson, H.G. (2001). Echinodermata, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i>. 50: pp. 336-351. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Kano, Y.T., M. Komatsu and C. Oguro. 1991. Morphological changes of the cushion star, <i>Culcita novaeguineae</i> Mueller and Troschel, during growth pp. 323-326 in Biology of Echinodermata, ed. by Yanagisawa, Yasumasu, Oguro, Suzuki and Motokawa. A.A. Balkema, Rotterdam. [details]
additional source Livingstone, A.A. (1932). Notes on some representatives of the asteroid genus <i>Culcita</i>. Australian Zoologist 7(3): 265-273. [details]
additional source Neave, S.A. (1939 - 1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus. vol. 1-10 Online., available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Remark Type species: Asterias discoidea Lamarck, 1816 (=Asterias schmideliana Retzius, 1805) by monotypy (Rowe & Gates, 1995).In family Pentagonasteridae in Ludwig (1899). [details]
Synonymy Culcita borealis is in the synonymy of Chondraster (in part) and Poraniomorpha (Culcitopsis) borealis. [details]
| Language | Name | |
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| Japanese | マンジュウヒトデ属 | [details] |
