WoRMS taxon details
Nymphaster meseres Fisher, 1913
368911 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:368911)
accepted
Species
Nymphaster habrotatus Fisher, 1913 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Fisher, W.K. (1913). Four new genera and fifty-eight new species of starfishes from the Philippine Islands, Celebes, and the Moluccas. Proceedings of the US National Museum, 43: 599-648., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7723469#page/705/mode/1up
page(s): 639 [details]
page(s): 639 [details]
Mah, C.L. (2026). World Asteroidea Database. Nymphaster meseres Fisher, 1913. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=368911 on 2026-01-19
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Nomenclature
original description
Fisher, W.K. (1913). Four new genera and fifty-eight new species of starfishes from the Philippine Islands, Celebes, and the Moluccas. Proceedings of the US National Museum, 43: 599-648., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7723469#page/705/mode/1up
page(s): 639 [details]
original description (of Nymphaster habrotatus Fisher, 1913) Fisher, W.K. (1913). Four new genera and fifty-eight new species of starfishes from the Philippine Islands, Celebes, and the Moluccas. Proceedings of the US National Museum, 43: 599-648., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7723469#page/705/mode/1up
page(s): 639 [details]
page(s): 639 [details]
original description (of Nymphaster habrotatus Fisher, 1913) Fisher, W.K. (1913). Four new genera and fifty-eight new species of starfishes from the Philippine Islands, Celebes, and the Moluccas. Proceedings of the US National Museum, 43: 599-648., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7723469#page/705/mode/1up
page(s): 639 [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
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (1 record)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (3 records) (from synonym Nymphaster habrotatus Fisher, 1913)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (Holotype USNM 30548)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (Holotype USNM 30549) (from synonym Nymphaster habrotatus Fisher, 1913)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (1 record)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (3 records) (from synonym Nymphaster habrotatus Fisher, 1913)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (Holotype USNM 30548)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (Holotype USNM 30549) (from synonym Nymphaster habrotatus Fisher, 1913)
