WoRMS taxon details
Asterina cepheus (Müller & Troschel, 1842)
AphiaID: 213129
AphiaID: 213129
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Asterozoa (Subphylum) > Asteroidea (Class) > Valvatacea (Superorder) > Valvatida (Order) > Asterinidae (Family) > Asterina (Genus) |
| Status |  unaccepted | ||||||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||||||||
| Accepted name | Aquilonastra cepheus (Muller & Troschel, 1842) | ||||||||||||||||
| Rank | Species | ||||||||||||||||
| Parent | Asterina Nardo, 1834 | ||||||||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Asterina iranica Mortensen, 1940 | ||||||||||||||||
| Sources |
basis of record: Clark, A.M. and F.W.E. Rowe. (1971). Monograph of Shallow-water Indo-West Pacific Echinoderms. Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History): London. x + 238 p. + 30 pls., available online at http://www.abctaxa.be/downloads/additional-information-volume-1/works-famous-holothuroid-workers/fwe-rowe/MonographIndoWestPacific.pdf [details] basis of record: Walenkamp, J.H.C. (1990). Systematics and zoogeography of Asteroidea (Echinodermata) from Inhaca Island, Mozambique. Zoologische Verhandelingen 261, Leiden. 86 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] | ||||||||||||||||
| Direct child taxa [show all] | Variety Asterina cepheus var. iranica Mortensen, 1940 accepted as Aquilonastra iranica (Mortensen, 1940) | ||||||||||||||||
| Environment | marine, | ||||||||||||||||
| Fossil range | recent only | ||||||||||||||||
| Distribution | Madagascar [details] Mozambique [details] Seychelles [details] Somalia [details] Tanzania [details] | ||||||||||||||||
| Links | To PESI To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection | ||||||||||||||||
| Notes |
Distribution: Also distributed in Gilbert Islands, Okinawa, Seleo Island (Clark, 1954), Australia (Rowe & Gates, 1995). General distribution: tropical, west Pacific Ocean, Indo-Malayan Region. Depth range 0-70 m. (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details] Remark: Type locality: Jakarta (as Batavia), Indonesia. Holotype in Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris (France) (Rowe & Gates, 1995). Treated as a subspecie of Asterina burtoni in James & Pearse (1969). Sometimes erroneously referred to as A. cephea. Asterina cepheus (Valenciennes) in Ludwig (1899).Asterina cephea Valenciennes in Decary (1924).Asterina cephea (Müller & Troschel, 1842) in Clark (1954). [details] | ||||||||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:213129 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Citation: Mah, C. (2013). Asterina cepheus (Müller & Troschel, 1842). 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=213129 on 2013-05-19 | |||||||||||||||||
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