Asteroidea name details
Cosmasterias alba (Bell, 1881)
378904 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:378904)
uncertain > nomen dubium
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Bell, F. J. (1881). Account of the Echinodermata collected during the Survey of H.M.S. "Alert" in the Straits of Magellan and on the Coast of Patagonia. <i>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London</i>. p. 87-101, p. VIII & IX., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30759196 [details]
(of Asterias alba Bell, 1881) Bell, F. J. (1881). Account of the Echinodermata collected during the Survey of H.M.S. "Alert" in the Straits of Magellan and on the Coast of Patagonia. <i>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London</i>. p. 87-101, p. VIII & IX., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30759196
page(s): 92 [details]
(of Asterias alba Bell, 1881) Bell, F. J. (1881). Account of the Echinodermata collected during the Survey of H.M.S. "Alert" in the Straits of Magellan and on the Coast of Patagonia. <i>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London</i>. p. 87-101, p. VIII & IX., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30759196
page(s): 92 [details]
Mah, C.L. (2025). World Asteroidea Database. Cosmasterias alba (Bell, 1881). Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/asteroidea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=378904 on 2025-05-25
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Bell, F. J. (1881). Account of the Echinodermata collected during the Survey of H.M.S. "Alert" in the Straits of Magellan and on the Coast of Patagonia. <i>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London</i>. p. 87-101, p. VIII & IX., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30759196 [details]
original description (of Asterias alba Bell, 1881) Bell, F. J. (1881). Account of the Echinodermata collected during the Survey of H.M.S. "Alert" in the Straits of Magellan and on the Coast of Patagonia. <i>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London</i>. p. 87-101, p. VIII & IX., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30759196
page(s): 92 [details]
original description (of Asterias alba Bell, 1881) Bell, F. J. (1881). Account of the Echinodermata collected during the Survey of H.M.S. "Alert" in the Straits of Magellan and on the Coast of Patagonia. <i>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London</i>. p. 87-101, p. VIII & IX., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30759196
page(s): 92 [details]
From editor or global species database
Additional information Probably a misprint of Cosmasterias alba (Bell, 1881) [details]Additional information Note that in Clark's checklist under Cosmasterias "alba" Bell 1891: 91 she has misquoted the date of the original species citation. It is 1881 and not 1891.. and thus definitively a synonym of C. lurida. [details]
