The World Asteroidea Database - Oreaster thurstoni Bell, 1888

Asteroidea name details

Oreaster thurstoni Bell, 1888

AphiaID

378468 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:378468)

Classification

Status

unaccepted

Accepted Name

Pentaceraster affinis (Müller & Troschel, 1842)

Rank

Species

Parent

Oreaster Müller & Troschel, 1842

Orig. name

Oreaster thurstoni Bell, 1888

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Bell, F.J. (1888). Report on a collection of echinoderms made at Tuticorin, Madras, by Mr. Edgar Thurston, C.M.Z.S., Superintendent, Government Central Museum, Madras. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Journal of London.</em> 1888: 383-89., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31825867
page(s): 385 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Mah, C.L. (2021). World Asteroidea Database. Oreaster thurstoni Bell, 1888. Accessed at: http://www.marinespecies.org/asteroidea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=378468 on 2024-04-24

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2008-12-21 23:20:25Z

created

Mah, Christopher

[taxonomic tree]

Sources (1)
Notes (1)

original description Bell, F.J. (1888). Report on a collection of echinoderms made at Tuticorin, Madras, by Mr. Edgar Thurston, C.M.Z.S., Superintendent, Government Central Museum, Madras. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Journal of London.</em> 1888: 383-89., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31825867
page(s): 385 [details]

From editor or global species database

Synonymy Position indeterminable according to Doderlein (1936), but Holotype redetermined by A.M. Clark as Pentaceraster affinis (Muller & Troschel, 1842). [details]