WoRMS name details
Distefanaster capensis (Studer, 1880)
568642 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:568642)
unaccepted (transferred to Brisaster)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Schizaster capensis Studer, 1880) Studer, T. 1880. Übersicht über die während der Reise SMS "Gazelle" um die Erde. 1874-76 gesammelten Echinoiden. Mber. K. preuss. Akad. Wiss. 1880, 861-885., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36278118
page(s): 884; pl. 2: fig. 4 [details]
page(s): 884; pl. 2: fig. 4 [details]
Kroh, A.; Mooi, R. (2025). World Echinoidea Database. Distefanaster capensis (Studer, 1880). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=568642 on 2025-05-27
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Schizaster capensis Studer, 1880) Studer, T. 1880. Übersicht über die während der Reise SMS "Gazelle" um die Erde. 1874-76 gesammelten Echinoiden. Mber. K. preuss. Akad. Wiss. 1880, 861-885., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36278118
page(s): 884; pl. 2: fig. 4 [details]
basis of record Mortensen, T. (1951). A Monograph of the Echinoidea. V, 2. Spatangoida II. Amphisternata II. Spatangidæ, Loveniidæ, Pericosmidæ, Schizasteridæ, Brissidæ, 593 pp., C. A. Reitzel, Copenhagen.
page(s): 286-288 [details]
page(s): 884; pl. 2: fig. 4 [details]
basis of record Mortensen, T. (1951). A Monograph of the Echinoidea. V, 2. Spatangoida II. Amphisternata II. Spatangidæ, Loveniidæ, Pericosmidæ, Schizasteridæ, Brissidæ, 593 pp., C. A. Reitzel, Copenhagen.
page(s): 286-288 [details]