WoRMS taxon details
Astropecten aranciacus (Linnaeus, 1758)
AphiaID: 123856
AphiaID: 123856
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Asterozoa (Subphylum) > Asteroidea (Class) > Valvatacea (Superorder) > Paxillosida (Order) > Astropectinidae (Family) > Astropecten (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Rank | Species | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Parent | Astropecten Gray, 1840 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Asterias aranciaca Linnaeus, 1758 (synonym) Asterias aurantiaca Tiedemann, 1816 (synonym according to Doderlein (1917)) Astropecten antarcticus Studer, 1884 (synonym according to Ludwig (1897).) Astropecten aurantiaca Gray, 1840 (lapsus for aranciacus (Linnaeus, 1758)) Astropecten crenaster Dujardin & Hupé, 1862 (synonym according to Perrier (1875)) Astropecten meridionalis Studer, 1876 (Synonym according to Sladen (1889)) Astropecten perarmatus Perrier, 1869 (Synonym according to Perrier (1875)) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sources |
basis of record: Hansson, H.G. (2001). Echinodermata, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 336-351 (look up in IMIS) [details] basis of record: Clark, A.M. and M.E. Downey. (1992). Starfishes of the Atlantic. Chapman & Hall Identification Guides, 3. Chapman & Hall: London, UK. ISBN 0-412-43280-3. xxvi, 794 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: Clark, A.M. (1989). An index of names of recent Asteroidea, part 1: Paxillosida and Notomyotida, in: Jangoux, M.; Lawrence, J.M. (Ed.) (1989). Echinoderm Studies, 3: pp. 225-347 (look up in IMIS) [details] from synonym: Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. ii, 824 pp., available online at http://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/no_cache/dms/load/toc/?IDDOC=265100 [details] [view taxon] | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Vernacular Names |
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| Direct child taxa [show all] | Subspecies Astropecten aranciacus gruveli Koehler, 1911 accepted as Astropecten gruveli Koehler, 1911 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Environment | marine, | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Fossil range | recent only | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Distribution | Algeria (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Angola [details] Atlantic [details] Balear Islands (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Banyuls (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Canaries [details] Canary Islands [details] Cape Verde [details] European waters (ERMS scope) [details] False Bay [details] Greek Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Madeira [details] Mediterranean Sea [details] Nice (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Portugal [details] Sierra Leone [details] South Angola [details] Spain [details] | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Feedingtypes |
omnivore [details]
predator [details] scavenger [details] | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Links | To Barcode of Life (1 barcode) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To GenBank (158 nucleotides; 13 proteins) To PESI To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:123856 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Citation: Mah, C.; Hansson, H. (2013). Astropecten aranciacus (Linnaeus, 1758). In: Mah, C.L. (2013) World Asteroidea database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=123856 on 2013-05-24 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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