The World Asteroidea Database - Astropecten olfersi Grube, 1866

WoRMS name details

Astropecten olfersi Grube, 1866

AphiaID

380300 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:380300)

Classification

Status

uncertain > nomen dubium (validity doubtful according to Doderlein, (1917))

Rank

Species

Parent

Astropecten Gray, 1840

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Grube, A.E. (1866). Uber einige neue Seesterne im zoologischen Museum zu Breslau. <em>Jahres-Bericht der Schlesischen Gesellschaft für Vaterländische Cultur.</em> 43: 59-61., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46561419
page(s): 60 [details]

Type data

Note not stated but if collected by von Olfers,...

Type locality not stated but if collected by von Olfers, then probably Brazil. [details]

Descriptive notes

Taxonomic citation

Mah, C.L. (2024). World Asteroidea Database. Astropecten olfersi Grube, 1866. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=380300 on 2024-05-05

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2009-01-11 20:59:00Z

created

Mah, Christopher

Licensing

The webpage text is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License

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Notes (1)

original description Grube, A.E. (1866). Uber einige neue Seesterne im zoologischen Museum zu Breslau. <em>Jahres-Bericht der Schlesischen Gesellschaft für Vaterländische Cultur.</em> 43: 59-61., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46561419
page(s): 60 [details]

From editor or global species database

Type locality not stated but if collected by von Olfers, then probably Brazil. [details]