WoRMS taxon details
Ophidiaster granifer Lütken, 1871
212302 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:212302)
accepted
Species
Ophidiaster trychnus Fisher, 1913 · unaccepted (synonym according to H.L. Clark (1921))
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Lütken, C. (1871). Fortasatte kritiske og beskrivende Bidrag til Kundskab om Sostjernerne (Asteriderne). <em>Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk Naturhistorisk Forening.</em> 1871: 227-304., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35853627
page(s): 276 [details]
page(s): 276 [details]
Distribution Also distributed in Seleo Island (Clark, 1954); east Indies, north australia, Philippine, China, south Japan and South...
Distribution Also distributed in Seleo Island (Clark, 1954); east Indies, north australia, Philippine, China, south Japan and South Pacific Is. (Clark & Rowe, 1971); Australia (Rowe & Gates, 1995).
Ecology: benthic, inshore. General distribution: tropical, Indo-west-central Pacific Ocean, depth range 0-22 m. (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]
Ecology: benthic, inshore. General distribution: tropical, Indo-west-central Pacific Ocean, depth range 0-22 m. (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]
Mah, C.L. (2025). World Asteroidea Database. Ophidiaster granifer Lütken, 1871. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=212302 on 2025-10-08
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Garcia, Maria
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Nomenclature
original description
Lütken, C. (1871). Fortasatte kritiske og beskrivende Bidrag til Kundskab om Sostjernerne (Asteriderne). <em>Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk Naturhistorisk Forening.</em> 1871: 227-304., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35853627
page(s): 276 [details]
original description (of Ophidiaster trychnus Fisher, 1913) Fisher, W.K. (1913). New starfishes from the Philippine Islands, Celebes, and the Moluccas. Proceedings of the Untied States National Museum 46: 201-224, available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7761999#page/261/mode/1up
page(s): 215 [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): 276 [details]
original description (of Ophidiaster trychnus Fisher, 1913) Fisher, W.K. (1913). New starfishes from the Philippine Islands, Celebes, and the Moluccas. Proceedings of the Untied States National Museum 46: 201-224, available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7761999#page/261/mode/1up
page(s): 215 [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
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Synonymy Thought to be a synonym of Ophidiaster pusillus Muller & Troschel, 1842 by Doderlein (1926) but a valid species according to H.L. Clark (1946). [details]Unreviewed
Distribution Also distributed in Seleo Island (Clark, 1954); east Indies, north australia, Philippine, China, south Japan and South Pacific Is. (Clark & Rowe, 1971); Australia (Rowe & Gates, 1995).Ecology: benthic, inshore. General distribution: tropical, Indo-west-central Pacific Ocean, depth range 0-22 m. (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]
Holotype Holotype (probable) ?Zoological Museum, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen (Denmark). Type locality: Tonga, South Pacific (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | アマゾネスホウキボシ | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (13 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Ophidiaster granifer)
To GenBank (5 nucleotides; 29 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (1 record) (from synonym Ophidiaster trychnus Fisher, 1913)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (37 records)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (Holotype USNM 32639) (from synonym Ophidiaster trychnus Fisher, 1913)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Ophidiaster granifer)
To GenBank (5 nucleotides; 29 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (1 record) (from synonym Ophidiaster trychnus Fisher, 1913)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (37 records)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (Holotype USNM 32639) (from synonym Ophidiaster trychnus Fisher, 1913)
Unreviewed
