WoRMS taxon details
Cistina columbiae Gray, 1840
213323 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:213323)
accepted
Species
Echinaster sladeni de Loriol, 1893 · unaccepted (Synonym according to Clark and...)
Synonym according to Clark and Rowe (1971)
Ophidiaster columbiae Müller & Troschel, 1842 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Gray, J.E. (1840). XXXII. A synopsis of the genera and species of the class Hypostoma (<i>Asterias</i>, Linnaeus). <em>Annals of the Magazine of Natural History.</em> 6: 275-290., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2336044#page/309/mode/1up
page(s): 283 [details]
page(s): 283 [details]
Description Ecology: benthic, inshore. General distribution: tropical, western Indian Ocean (Mascarene Is.), west Pacific Ocean, depth...
Description Ecology: benthic, inshore. General distribution: tropical, western Indian Ocean (Mascarene Is.), west Pacific Ocean, depth range 0-15 m. (Rowe & Gates, 1995).
Also distributed in Australia (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]
Also distributed in Australia (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]
Mah, C.L. (2025). World Asteroidea Database. Cistina columbiae Gray, 1840. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=213323 on 2025-07-22
Date
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2000-09-29 13:20:33Z
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Garcia, Maria
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Nomenclature
original description
Gray, J.E. (1840). XXXII. A synopsis of the genera and species of the class Hypostoma (<i>Asterias</i>, Linnaeus). <em>Annals of the Magazine of Natural History.</em> 6: 275-290., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2336044#page/309/mode/1up
page(s): 283 [details]
original description (of Echinaster sladeni de Loriol, 1893) de Loriol. (1893). Catalogue Raisonne des Echinodermes recueillis par M.V. de Robillard a l'iIle Maurice. III.Ophiurides et Astrophytides,. <em>Memoires de la Société de physique et d'histoire naturelle de Genève.</em> 32, part 1 (3): 3-69.
page(s): 61 [details]
basis of record Rowe, F. W. E.; Gates, J. (1995). Echinodermata. <em>In: Wells, A.; Houston, W.W.K. (Ed.) Zoological catalogue of Australia, 33. CSIRO: Melbourne. ISBN 0-643-05696-3. XIII.</em> 510 pp. [details]
page(s): 283 [details]
original description (of Echinaster sladeni de Loriol, 1893) de Loriol. (1893). Catalogue Raisonne des Echinodermes recueillis par M.V. de Robillard a l'iIle Maurice. III.Ophiurides et Astrophytides,. <em>Memoires de la Société de physique et d'histoire naturelle de Genève.</em> 32, part 1 (3): 3-69.
page(s): 61 [details]
basis of record Rowe, F. W. E.; Gates, J. (1995). Echinodermata. <em>In: Wells, A.; Houston, W.W.K. (Ed.) Zoological catalogue of Australia, 33. CSIRO: Melbourne. ISBN 0-643-05696-3. XIII.</em> 510 pp. [details]
Other
additional source
Blake, D.B. (1978). The taxonomic position of the modern sea-star <i>Cistina</i> Gray, 1840. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 91(1): 234-241., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34601501 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Description Ecology: benthic, inshore. General distribution: tropical, western Indian Ocean (Mascarene Is.), west Pacific Ocean, depth range 0-15 m. (Rowe & Gates, 1995).Also distributed in Australia (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]
Remark According to H.L. Clark (1921), syntypes initially in Natural History Museum, London (England) but apparently lost; according to Rowe & Gates (1995) possibly 2 syntypes in Natural History Museum, London (England) 1938.6.13.18-19. Type locality: west coast of Columbia (Rowe & Gates, 1995).
In Clark & Rowe (1971) placed in family Echinasteridae, and discuss improbability of Columbia being the type locality. [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | コロンビアトゲヒトデ | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (9 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Echinaster sladeni de Loriol, 1893)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Cistina columbiae)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (3 records)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Echinaster sladeni de Loriol, 1893)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Cistina columbiae)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (3 records)
