World Register of Deep-Sea species - Rathbunaster Fisher, 1906

Deep-Sea taxon details

Rathbunaster Fisher, 1906

AphiaID

254843 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:254843)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Asteriidae Gray, 1840

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Species Rathbunaster californicus Fisher, 1906

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Fisher, W.K. (1906). New starfishes from the Pacific Coast of North America. Proceedings of the Washington Academy of Sciences. 8: 111-139., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8874723
page(s): 136 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Mah, C.L. (2025). World Asteroidea Database. Rathbunaster Fisher, 1906. 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=254843 on 2026-09-22

Thematic species database citation

Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Rathbunaster Fisher, 1906. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=254843 on 2026-09-22

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2007-12-19 07:06:44Z

created

Mah, Christopher

2011-06-27 21:58:12Z

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Mah, Christopher

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original description Fisher, W.K. (1906). New starfishes from the Pacific Coast of North America. Proceedings of the Washington Academy of Sciences. 8: 111-139., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8874723
page(s): 136 [details]

additional source Fisher, W.K. (1928). Asteroidea of the North Pacific and adjacent waters. Part 2. Forcipulata (part). Bulletin of the United States National Museum. 76: 1-245., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7867456 [details]

additional source Lauerman, L.M.L. (1998). Diet and feeding behavior of the deep-water sea star Rathbunaster californicus (Fisher) in the Monterey submarine canyon. Bulletin of Marine Science 63(3): 523-530. [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Definitions

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