WoRMS taxon details

Sclerasterias mollis (Hutton, 1872)

291602  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:291602)

accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Asterias mollis Hutton, 1872) Hutton, F.W. (1872). Descriptions of some new starfishes from New Zealand. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1872: 810-812., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28612288
page(s): 812 [details]   
Mah, C.L. (2024). World Asteroidea Database. Sclerasterias mollis (Hutton, 1872). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=291602 on 2024-03-19
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2008-01-19 09:31:50Z
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original description  (of Asterias mollis Hutton, 1872) Hutton, F.W. (1872). Descriptions of some new starfishes from New Zealand. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1872: 810-812., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28612288
page(s): 812 [details]   

basis of record McKnight, D. G. (2006). The marine fauna of New Zealand, Echinodermata: Asteroidea (Sea-stars). 3. Orders Velatida, Spinulosida, Forcipulatida, Brisingida with addenda to Paxillosida, Valvatida. <em>NIWA Biodiversity Memoir.</em> 120: 1-187., available online at http://docs.niwa.co.nz/library/public/NIWAbm120.pdf [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

additional source Fisher, W.K. (1924). The genus <i>Sclerasterias</i> Perrier. Bulletin de Institut Oceanographique, Monaco 414(3): 1-8 [details]   

additional source Mah, C.L.; McKnight, D.G.; Eagle, M.K.; Pawson, D.L.; Améziane, N.; Vance, D.J.; Baker, A.N.; Clark, H.E.S.; Davey, N. (2009). Phylum Echinodermata: sea stars, brittle stars, sea urchins, sea cucumbers, sea lilies. In: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. pp. 371-400. [details]   
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

From other sources
Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]