WoRMS taxon details
Luidia superba A.H. Clark, 1917
AphiaID: 368146
AphiaID: 368146
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Asterozoa (Subphylum) > Asteroidea (Class) > Valvatacea (Superorder) > Paxillosida (Order) > Luidiidae (Family) > Luidia (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | |||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | |||||||
| Rank | Species | |||||||
| Parent | Luidia Forbes, 1839 | |||||||
| Source |
basis of record: Downey, M.E. and G.M. Wellington. (1978). Rediscovery of the giant sea-star Luidia superba A.H. Clark in the Galapagos Islands. Bulletin of Marine Science 28(2): 375-376 [details] | |||||||
| Environment | marine, | |||||||
| Fossil range | recent only | |||||||
| Distribution | Galapagos Islands [details] | |||||||
| Links | To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To The echinoderms of Panama LifeDesks To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection | |||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:368146 | |||||||
| Taxonomic Edit history |
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| Citation: Mah, C. (2013). Luidia superba A.H. Clark, 1917. 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=368146 on 2013-06-20 | ||||||||
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