WoRMS taxon details
Asterina ocellifera (Gray, 1847)
459534 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:459534)
accepted
Species
Allopatiria ocellifera (Gray, 1847) · unaccepted (Allopatiria synonymized with...)
Allopatiria synonymized with Asterina by O'Loughlin & Waters (2004)
Parasterina africana Engel & Croes, 1960 · unaccepted (synonym)
Patiria ocellifera Gray, 1847 · unaccepted (synonym)
Patiria pulla Koehler & Vaney, 1906 · unaccepted (synonym according to A.M. Clark (1983))
Patiria rosea Koehler & Vaney, 1906 · unaccepted (synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Patiria ocellifera Gray, 1847) Gray, J.E. (1847). Descriptions of some new genera and species of Asteriadae. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 72-83., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12862856
page(s): 82 [details]
page(s): 82 [details]
Mah, C.L. (2026). World Asteroidea Database. Asterina ocellifera (Gray, 1847). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=459534 on 2026-09-12
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Parasterina africana Engel & Croes, 1960) Engel, H. & Croes, A.F. (1960). Les asterides recoltees par l'expedition du Navire-Ecole Belge Mercator 1935-1936. B. Les Asterides de la Cote occidentale d'Afrique. <em>Bulletin Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique.</em> XXXVI, no. 54: 10-15, 2 plates.
page(s): 13 [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Patiria ocellifera Gray, 1847) Gray, J.E. (1847). Descriptions of some new genera and species of Asteriadae. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 72-83., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12862856
page(s): 82 [details]
original description (of Patiria pulla Koehler & Vaney, 1906) Koehler, R.; Vaney, C. (1906). Mission des Pêcheries de la Côte occidentale d'Afrique. II. Echinodermes. <em>Actes Société Linnéenne, Bordeaux.</em> 60: 58-66., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31655586
page(s): 60 [details]
original description (of Patiria rosea Koehler & Vaney, 1906) Koehler, R.; Vaney, C. (1906). Mission des Pêcheries de la Côte occidentale d'Afrique. II. Echinodermes. <em>Actes Société Linnéenne, Bordeaux.</em> 60: 58-66., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31655586
page(s): 58 [details]
page(s): 13 [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Patiria ocellifera Gray, 1847) Gray, J.E. (1847). Descriptions of some new genera and species of Asteriadae. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 72-83., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12862856
page(s): 82 [details]
original description (of Patiria pulla Koehler & Vaney, 1906) Koehler, R.; Vaney, C. (1906). Mission des Pêcheries de la Côte occidentale d'Afrique. II. Echinodermes. <em>Actes Société Linnéenne, Bordeaux.</em> 60: 58-66., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31655586
page(s): 60 [details]
original description (of Patiria rosea Koehler & Vaney, 1906) Koehler, R.; Vaney, C. (1906). Mission des Pêcheries de la Côte occidentale d'Afrique. II. Echinodermes. <em>Actes Société Linnéenne, Bordeaux.</em> 60: 58-66., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31655586
page(s): 58 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Patiria ocellifera Gray, 1847)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Parasterina africana Engel & Croes, 1960)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Patiria rosea Koehler & Vaney, 1906)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Allopatiria ocellifera (Gray, 1847))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Patiria pulla Koehler & Vaney, 1906)
To PESI (from synonym Patiria pulla Koehler & Vaney, 1906)
To PESI (from synonym Patiria ocellifera Gray, 1847)
To PESI (from synonym Allopatiria ocellifera (Gray, 1847))
To PESI (from synonym Parasterina africana Engel & Croes, 1960)
To PESI (from synonym Patiria rosea Koehler & Vaney, 1906)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Parasterina africana Engel & Croes, 1960)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Patiria rosea Koehler & Vaney, 1906)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Allopatiria ocellifera (Gray, 1847))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Patiria pulla Koehler & Vaney, 1906)
To PESI (from synonym Patiria pulla Koehler & Vaney, 1906)
To PESI (from synonym Patiria ocellifera Gray, 1847)
To PESI (from synonym Allopatiria ocellifera (Gray, 1847))
To PESI (from synonym Parasterina africana Engel & Croes, 1960)
To PESI (from synonym Patiria rosea Koehler & Vaney, 1906)
