WoRMS taxon details
Meridiastra calcar (Lamarck, 1816)
459547 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:459547)
accepted
Species
Asterias calcar Lamarck, 1816 · unaccepted
Asterias calcar var. octagona Lamarck, 1816 · unaccepted
Asterias octagona Lamarck, 1816 · unaccepted (Synonym as restricted by Gray (1840))
Patiriella calcar (Lamarck, 1816) · unaccepted (Transferred to Meridiastra,...)
Transferred to Meridiastra, summary in O'Loughlin & Waters (2004)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Asterias calcar Lamarck, 1816) Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de. (1816). Asterie. <em>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertebres.</em> 2: 547-568., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13299321
page(s): 557 [details]
page(s): 557 [details]
Mah, C.L. (2025). World Asteroidea Database. Meridiastra calcar (Lamarck, 1816). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=459547 on 2025-09-28
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Asterias calcar Lamarck, 1816) Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de. (1816). Asterie. <em>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertebres.</em> 2: 547-568., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13299321
page(s): 557 [details]
original description (of Asterias octagona Lamarck, 1816) Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de. (1816). Asterie. <em>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertebres.</em> 2: 547-568., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13299321
page(s): 557 [details]
original description (of Asterias calcar var. octagona Lamarck, 1816) Lamarck, J.-B. de. (1816). Ordre Second. Radiaires Échinodermes. <em>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres.</em> 2, 522-568., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13299296
page(s): 557 [details]
page(s): 557 [details]
original description (of Asterias octagona Lamarck, 1816) Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de. (1816). Asterie. <em>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertebres.</em> 2: 547-568., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13299321
page(s): 557 [details]
original description (of Asterias calcar var. octagona Lamarck, 1816) Lamarck, J.-B. de. (1816). Ordre Second. Radiaires Échinodermes. <em>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres.</em> 2, 522-568., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13299296
page(s): 557 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (61 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications) (from synonym Patiriella calcar (Lamarck, 1816))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (22 publications) (from synonym Asterias calcar Lamarck, 1816)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Meridiastra calcar)
To GenBank (208 nucleotides; 63 proteins) (from synonym Patiriella calcar (Lamarck, 1816))
To GenBank (208 nucleotides; 63 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI) (from synonym Patiriella calcar (Lamarck, 1816))
To NMNH Extant Collection (Patiriella calcar (1) 1091516) (from synonym Patiriella calcar (Lamarck, 1816))
To NMNH Extant Collection (Patiriella calcar 1091516) (from synonym Patiriella calcar (Lamarck, 1816))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (17 records) (from synonym Patiriella calcar (Lamarck, 1816))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications) (from synonym Patiriella calcar (Lamarck, 1816))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (22 publications) (from synonym Asterias calcar Lamarck, 1816)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Meridiastra calcar)
To GenBank (208 nucleotides; 63 proteins) (from synonym Patiriella calcar (Lamarck, 1816))
To GenBank (208 nucleotides; 63 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI) (from synonym Patiriella calcar (Lamarck, 1816))
To NMNH Extant Collection (Patiriella calcar (1) 1091516) (from synonym Patiriella calcar (Lamarck, 1816))
To NMNH Extant Collection (Patiriella calcar 1091516) (from synonym Patiriella calcar (Lamarck, 1816))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (17 records) (from synonym Patiriella calcar (Lamarck, 1816))
