WoRMS taxon details
Cheiraster (Cheiraster) pilosus (Alcock, 1893)
380786 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:380786)
accepted
Species
Cheiraster (Cheiraster) Studer, 1883 represented as Cheiraster Studer, 1883
Pontaster pilosus Alcock, 1893 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Pontaster pilosus Alcock, 1893) Alcock, A. (1893). Natural History notes from the HM Indian Marine Survey Steamer Investigator.7. An account of the collection of deep-sea Asteroidea. <em>Annals of the Magazine of Natural History.</em> 11(6): 73-121., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24344470#page/95/mode/1up
page(s): 79 [details]
page(s): 79 [details]
Mah, C.L. (2025). World Asteroidea Database. Cheiraster (Cheiraster) pilosus (Alcock, 1893). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=380786 on 2025-08-24
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Pontaster pilosus Alcock, 1893) Alcock, A. (1893). Natural History notes from the HM Indian Marine Survey Steamer Investigator.7. An account of the collection of deep-sea Asteroidea. <em>Annals of the Magazine of Natural History.</em> 11(6): 73-121., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24344470#page/95/mode/1up
page(s): 79 [details]
page(s): 79 [details]
Other
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
