The World Asteroidea Database - Apterodon Fisher, 1940

Asteroidea name details

Apterodon Fisher, 1940

AphiaID

380893 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:380893)

Classification

Status

unaccepted

Accepted Name

Pteraster (Apterodon) Fisher, 1940 represented as Pteraster Müller & Troschel, 1842

Rank

Genus

Parent

Pterasteridae Perrier, 1875

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Fisher, W.K. (1940). Asteroidea. Discovery Reports 20: 69-306., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5609973
page(s): 193 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Mah, C.L. (2021). World Asteroidea Database. Apterodon Fisher, 1940. Accessed at: http://www.marinespecies.org/asteroidea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=380893 on 2024-04-16

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2009-01-20 02:53:29Z

created

Mah, Christopher

[taxonomic tree]

Sources (1)

original description Fisher, W.K. (1940). Asteroidea. Discovery Reports 20: 69-306., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5609973
page(s): 193 [details]