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RAS taxon details

Hymenaster caelatus Sladen, 1882

AphiaID

248035 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:248035)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Hymenaster Wyville Thomson, 1873

Original name

Hymenaster caelatus Sladen, 1882

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Sladen, W.P. (1882) The Asteroidea of H.M.S. <i>Challenger</i> Expedition, pt. 1. Pterasteridae. Journal of the Linnean Society of London. 16: 189-246, available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31982430
page(s): 225 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Mah, C.L. (2025). World Asteroidea Database. Hymenaster caelatus Sladen, 1882. Accessed through: RAS (Eds.) (2025) Register of Antarctic Species at: https://ras.biodiversity.aq/aphia.php/www.pfeil-verlag.de/04biol/rest/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=248035 on 2025-08-20

Regional species database citation

RAS (Eds.) (2025). Register of Antarctic Species. Hymenaster caelatus Sladen, 1882. Accessed at: https://ras.biodiversity.aq/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=248035 on 2025-08-20

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2007-11-09 09:09:30Z

created

Danis, Bruno

2008-01-24 09:19:09Z

changed

Mah, Christopher

[taxonomic tree]

original description Sladen, W.P. (1882) The Asteroidea of H.M.S. <i>Challenger</i> Expedition, pt. 1. Pterasteridae. Journal of the Linnean Society of London. 16: 189-246, available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31982430
page(s): 225 [details]

context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]

basis of record Danis, B. & Jangoux, M. (2006). The SCAR-MarBIN Register of Antarctic Marine Species: Asteroidea. World Wide Web electronic publication., available online at https://www.marinespecies.org/rams/ramsasteroidea.php [details]