WoRMS name details

Pectinaster gracilis Verrill, 1915

380855  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:380855)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Echinodermata (Phylum)
  4. Asterozoa (Subphylum)
  5. Asteroidea (Class)
  6. Ambuloasteroidea (Subclass)
  7. Neoasteroidea (Infraclass)
  8. Valvatacea (Superorder)
  9. Paxillosida (Order)
  10. Benthopectinidae (Family)
  11. Pectinaster (Genus)
  12. Pectinaster gracilis (Species)
 unaccepted (Synonym according to A.M. Clark (1981).)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Verrill, A. E. (1915). Report on the starfishes of the West Indies, Florida, and Brazil, including those obtained by the Bahama expedition from the University of Iowa in 1893. <em>Bulletins form the Laboratories of Natural History.</em> 7(1):1-232, 29 plates., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12346117
page(s): 145 [details] 
Mah, C.L. (2025). World Asteroidea Database. Pectinaster gracilis Verrill, 1915. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=380855 on 2025-08-24
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2009-01-19 15:30:12Z
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Mah, Christopher

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Nomenclature

original description Verrill, A. E. (1915). Report on the starfishes of the West Indies, Florida, and Brazil, including those obtained by the Bahama expedition from the University of Iowa in 1893. <em>Bulletins form the Laboratories of Natural History.</em> 7(1):1-232, 29 plates., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12346117
page(s): 145 [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 NMNH Extant Collection (Pectinaster gracilis USNM 10564 - dorsal) 
To NMNH Extant Collection (Pectinaster gracilis USNM 10564 - ventral) 
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (2 records) 
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (Holotype USNM 10564) 
To ITIS
Unreviewed

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