Asteroidea taxon details
Mediaster aequalis Stimpson, 1857
242160 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:242160)
accepted
Species
Ophidiaster aequalis Dujardin & Hupe, 1862 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Stimpson, W. (1857). On the Crustacea and Echinodermata of the Pacific shores of North America. <em>Boston Journal of Natural History.</em> 6: 444-532, pls. 18-23 [preprint issued April 1857, journal edition 1858]., available online at https://archive.org/stream/crustaceaechinod00stim#page/n3/mode/2up
page(s): 90 [details]
page(s): 90 [details]
Mah, C.L. (2025). World Asteroidea Database. Mediaster aequalis Stimpson, 1857. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/asteroidea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=242160 on 2025-08-10
original description
Stimpson, W. (1857). On the Crustacea and Echinodermata of the Pacific shores of North America. <em>Boston Journal of Natural History.</em> 6: 444-532, pls. 18-23 [preprint issued April 1857, journal edition 1858]., available online at https://archive.org/stream/crustaceaechinod00stim#page/n3/mode/2up
page(s): 90 [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 Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
additional source Fisher, W.K. (1911). Asteroidea of the North Pacific and adjacent waters. 1. Phanerozonia and Spinulosida. Bulletin of the US National Museum, 76: xiii+420 pp.122 pls., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7840387 [details]
page(s): 90 [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 Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
additional source Fisher, W.K. (1911). Asteroidea of the North Pacific and adjacent waters. 1. Phanerozonia and Spinulosida. Bulletin of the US National Museum, 76: xiii+420 pp.122 pls., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7840387 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Syntype USNM 1977 [details]
To Barcode of Life (27 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (35 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Mediaster aequalis)
To GenBank (34 nucleotides; 27 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Mediaster aequalis USNM 001977 - dorsal)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Mediaster aequalis USNM 001977 - ventral)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (79 records)
To Wikipedia
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 046868)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (35 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Mediaster aequalis)
To GenBank (34 nucleotides; 27 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Mediaster aequalis USNM 001977 - dorsal)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Mediaster aequalis USNM 001977 - ventral)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (79 records)
To Wikipedia
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 046868)
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
Unreviewed
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