The World Asteroidea Database - Oreaster gigas Lutken, 1859

Asteroidea name details

Oreaster gigas Lutken, 1859

AphiaID

378435 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:378435)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (Synonym according to Doderlein (1936) and Madsen (1959))

Accepted Name

Oreaster reticulatus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank

Species

Parent

Oreaster Müller & Troschel, 1842

Orig. name

Oreaster gigas Lutken, 1859

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Lutken, C. (1859). Bidrag til Kundskab om de ved Kysterne af Mellem-og Syd-America levende arter af Sostjerner. <em>Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk Naturhistorisk Forening.</em> 1859: 25-96., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35800406
page(s): 64 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Mah, C.L. (2021). World Asteroidea Database. Oreaster gigas Lutken, 1859. Accessed at: http://www.marinespecies.org/asteroidea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=378435 on 2024-04-24

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2008-12-21 05:01:07Z

created

Mah, Christopher

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Sources (1)
Links (1)

original description Lutken, C. (1859). Bidrag til Kundskab om de ved Kysterne af Mellem-og Syd-America levende arter af Sostjerner. <em>Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk Naturhistorisk Forening.</em> 1859: 25-96., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35800406
page(s): 64 [details]

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