WoRMS taxon details
Sclerasterias richardi (Perrier in Milne-Edwards, 1882)
123806 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:123806)
accepted
Species
Asterias richardi Perrier in Milne-Edwards, 1882 · unaccepted (synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Asterias richardi Perrier in Milne-Edwards, 1882) Milne-Edwards, A. (1882). Rapport sur les Travaux de la Commission chargée par M. le Ministre de l'Instruction Publique d'étudier la faune sous-marine dans les grandes profondeurs de la Méditerranée et de l'Océan Atlantique. <em>Archives des missions scientifiques et littéraires.</em> 9(3): 1-59., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36108810
page(s): 20 [details]
page(s): 20 [details]
Mah, C.L. (2025). World Asteroidea Database. Sclerasterias richardi (Perrier in Milne-Edwards, 1882). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=123806 on 2025-10-24
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Asterias richardi Perrier in Milne-Edwards, 1882) Milne-Edwards, A. (1882). Rapport sur les Travaux de la Commission chargée par M. le Ministre de l'Instruction Publique d'étudier la faune sous-marine dans les grandes profondeurs de la Méditerranée et de l'Océan Atlantique. <em>Archives des missions scientifiques et littéraires.</em> 9(3): 1-59., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36108810
page(s): 20 [details]
basis of record Hansson, H.G. (2001). Echinodermata, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i>. 50: pp. 336-351. (look up in IMIS) [details]
page(s): 20 [details]
basis of record Hansson, H.G. (2001). Echinodermata, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i>. 50: pp. 336-351. (look up in IMIS) [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Validity Possibly conspecific with S. neglecta in which case this name may require suppression by the ICZN according to A.M. Clark in Clark & Downey (1992: 448, 451, 511) [details]
