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WoRMS taxon details
Asterina gibbosa (Pennant, 1777)
AphiaID: 123987
AphiaID: 123987
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Asterozoa (Subphylum) > Asteroidea (Class) > Valvatida (Order) > Asterinidae (Family) > Asterina (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | ||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||
| Rank | Species | ||||||||||
| Parent | Asterina Nardo, 1834 | ||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Asterias exigua Delle Chiaje, 1825 (Synonym according to Ludwig (1897)) Asterias gibbosa Pennant, 1777 (synonym) Asterias membranacea Risso, 1826 (Synonym according to Ludwig (1897)) Asterias minuta Gmelin, 1788 Asterias papyracea Konrad, 1814 (Synonym according to Ludwig (1897)) Asterias pulchella de Blainville, 1834 (synonym according to Perrier (1875)) Asterias umbilicata Konrad, 1814 (A synonym according to Ludwig (1897)) Asterias verruculata Retzius, 1805 (Synonym according to Sladen (1889)) Asterina minuta Nardo, 1834 (synonym) Asteriscus arrecifensis Greeff, 1872 (synonym) Asteriscus ciliatus Lorenz, 1860 (A synonym according to Lutken (1865).) Asteriscus gibbosa Fischer, 1869 Asteriscus pulchellus Perrier, 1869 (A synonym according to Ludwig (1897)) Asteriscus verruculatus (Retzius, 1805) (synonym according to Lutken (1865)) | ||||||||||
| 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] additional source: 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: Southward, E.C.; Campbell, A.C. (2006). [Echinoderms: keys and notes for the identification of British species]. Synopses of the British fauna (new series), 56. Field Studies Council: Shrewsbury, UK. ISBN 1-85153-269-2. 272 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: North East Atlantic Taxa (look up in IMIS) [details] | ||||||||||
| Direct child taxa | Variety Asterina gibbosa var. panceri Koehler, 1924 accepted as Asterina pancerii (Gasco, 1870) | ||||||||||
| Environment | marine, | ||||||||||
| Fossil range | recent only | ||||||||||
| Distribution | Azores [details] Banc d'Arguin [details] Bay of Biscay [details] British Isles [details] Canaries [details] Canary Islands [details] Cape Verde [details] Dorset [details] Dutch Exclusive Economic Zone [details] European waters (ERMS scope) [details] French Exclusive Economic Zone [Atlantic part] [details] French Exclusive Economic Zone [Mediterranean part] [details] Grecian Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Ireland [details] Isle of Man [details] Madeira [details] Mediterranean Sea [details] Moroccan Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Normandy [details] North East Atlantic [details] Scotland [details] | ||||||||||
| Links | Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland To GenBank Marine Life Information Network - UK To Barcode of Life (1 barcode) To ITIS | ||||||||||
| Notes |
Breeding: Protandrous hermaphrodite; eggs are laid in creviices, but are not brooded. Summer [details] Distribution: From the lower shore to about 125 m depth, on rocky shores, under overhangs, under stones and in rock pools, western coast s of British Isles, inclluding the Isle of Man, from Scotland to Dorset [details] | ||||||||||
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| Citation: Mah, C.; Hansson, H. (2009). Asterina gibbosa (Pennant, 1777). In: Mah, C.L. (2009). World Asteroidea database. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=123987 on 2010-07-30 | |||||||||||
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