WoRMS name details

Opissaster moseleyi (A. Agassiz, 1881)

569391  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:569391)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Echinodermata (Phylum)
  4. Echinozoa (Subphylum)
  5. Echinoidea (Class)
  6. Euechinoidea (Subclass)
  7. Irregularia (Infraclass)
  8. Atelostomata (Subterclass)
  9. Spatangoida (Order)
  10. Paleopneustina (Suborder)
  11. Schizasteridae (Family)
  12. Opissaster † (Genus)
  13. Opissaster moseleyi (Species)
 unaccepted (transferred to Brisaster)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Schizaster moseleyi A. Agassiz, 1881) Agassiz, A. (1881). Report on the Echinoidea dredged by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–1876. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology.</em> 3 (part 9): 1-321, pl. 1-66., available online at http://www.19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-09/README.htm
page(s): 203-204; pl. 36: figs 14-16 [details] 
Kroh, A.; Mooi, R. (2025). World Echinoidea Database. Opissaster moseleyi (A. Agassiz, 1881). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=569391 on 2025-05-04
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2011-04-14 07:16:27Z
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Kroh, Andreas
2013-08-26 18:24:18Z
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Kroh, Andreas

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Nomenclature

original description (of Schizaster moseleyi A. Agassiz, 1881) Agassiz, A. (1881). Report on the Echinoidea dredged by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–1876. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology.</em> 3 (part 9): 1-321, pl. 1-66., available online at http://www.19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-09/README.htm
page(s): 203-204; pl. 36: figs 14-16 [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): 292-294 [details] 


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