WoRMS taxon details
Ophidiaster alexandri Verrill, 1915
178190 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:178190)
accepted
Species
Ophidiaster pinguis H.L. Clark, 1941 · unaccepted (Synonym according to Downey in...)
Synonym according to Downey in Miller (1984)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Verrill, A. E. (1915). Report on the starfishes of the West Indies, Florida, and Brazil, including those obtained by the Bahama expedition from the University of Iowa in 1893. <em>Bulletins form the Laboratories of Natural History.</em> 7(1):1-232, 29 plates., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12346117
page(s): 91 [details]
page(s): 91 [details]
Mah, C.L. (2024). World Asteroidea Database. Ophidiaster alexandri Verrill, 1915. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=178190 on 2024-04-23
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original description
Verrill, A. E. (1915). Report on the starfishes of the West Indies, Florida, and Brazil, including those obtained by the Bahama expedition from the University of Iowa in 1893. <em>Bulletins form the Laboratories of Natural History.</em> 7(1):1-232, 29 plates., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12346117
page(s): 91 [details]
original description (of Ophidiaster pinguis H.L. Clark, 1941) Clark, H. L. (1941). Reports on the scientific results of the Atlantis expeditions to the West Indies, under the joint auspices of the University of Havana and Harvard University. The Echinoderms (other than holothurians). <em>Memorias de la Sociedad Cubana de Historia Natural.</em> 15(1): 1-154, 10 plates.
page(s): 51 [details] Available for editors
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context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
basis of record Clark, A. M.; Downey, M. E. (1992). Starfishes of the Atlantic. <i>Chapman & Hall Identification Guides</i>, 3. Chapman & Hall. London, UK. ISBN 0-412-43280-3. xxvi, 794 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
page(s): 91 [details]
original description (of Ophidiaster pinguis H.L. Clark, 1941) Clark, H. L. (1941). Reports on the scientific results of the Atlantis expeditions to the West Indies, under the joint auspices of the University of Havana and Harvard University. The Echinoderms (other than holothurians). <em>Memorias de la Sociedad Cubana de Historia Natural.</em> 15(1): 1-154, 10 plates.
page(s): 51 [details] Available for editors
[request] context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
basis of record Clark, A. M.; Downey, M. E. (1992). Starfishes of the Atlantic. <i>Chapman & Hall Identification Guides</i>, 3. Chapman & Hall. London, UK. ISBN 0-412-43280-3. xxvi, 794 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
