WoRMS taxon details
Thrissacanthias penicillatus (Fisher, 1905)
292833 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:292833)
accepted
Species
Persephonaster penicillatus Fisher, 1905 · unaccepted
Thrissacanthias bispinosus Djakonov, 1950 · unaccepted (Synonym according to Mah (2026))
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Persephonaster penicillatus Fisher, 1905) Fisher, W. K. (1905). New starfishes from deep water off California and Alaska. <em>Bulletin of the Bureau of Fisheries.</em> 24: 291-320., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25135459
page(s): 297 [details]
page(s): 297 [details]
Mah, C.L. (2026). World Asteroidea Database. Thrissacanthias penicillatus (Fisher, 1905). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=292833 on 2026-10-31
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Thrissacanthias bispinosus Djakonov, 1950) Djakonov, A.M. (1950 (1968 translation)). Starfish of the Soviet Union [Sea stars (Asteroids) of the USSR Seas.]. <em>Tableaux analytiques de la faune de l'URSS.</em> 34: 1-203, 23 pls. (183 pp in translated version).
page(s): 24 [details]
original description (of Persephonaster penicillatus Fisher, 1905) Fisher, W. K. (1905). New starfishes from deep water off California and Alaska. <em>Bulletin of the Bureau of Fisheries.</em> 24: 291-320., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25135459
page(s): 297 [details]
page(s): 24 [details]
original description (of Persephonaster penicillatus Fisher, 1905) Fisher, W. K. (1905). New starfishes from deep water off California and Alaska. <em>Bulletin of the Bureau of Fisheries.</em> 24: 291-320., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25135459
page(s): 297 [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]
context source (PeRMS) Solís-Marín, F. A.; Alvarado, J. J.; Abreu-Pérez, M.; Aguilera, O.; Alió, J.; Bacallado-Aránega, J. J.; Barraza, E.; Benavides-Serrato, M.; Benítez-Villalobos, F.; Betancourt-Fernández, L.; Borges, M.; Brandt, M.; Brogger, M. I.; Borrero-Pérez, G. H.; Buitrón-Sánchez, E.; Campos, L. S.; Cantera, J.; Clemente, S.; Cohen-Renjifo, M.; Coppard, S.; Costa-Lotufo, L. V.; del Valle-García, R.; Díaz, Y.; Díaz de Vivar, M. E.; Díaz-Martínez, J. P.; Durán-González, A.; Epherra, L.; Escolar, M.; Francisco, V.; Freire, C. A.; García-Arrarás, E.; Gil, D. G.; Guarderas, P.; Hadel, V. F.; Hearn, A.; Hernández, J. C.; Hernández-Delgado, E. A.; Herrera-Moreno, A.; Herrero-Pérezrul, M. D.; Hooker, Y.; Honey-Escandón, M. B. I.; Lodeiros, C.; Luzuriaga, M.; Manso, C. L. C.; Martín, A.; Martinez, M. I.; Martínez, S.; Moro-Abad; Mutschke, E.; Navarro, J. C.; Neira, R.; Noriega, N.; Palleiro-Nayar, J. S.; Pérez, A. F.; Pérez-Ruzafa, A.; Prieto-Rios, E.; Reyes, J.; Rodríguez, R.; Rubilar, T.; Sancho-Mejía, T.; Sangil, C.; Silva, J. R. M. C.; Sonnenholzner, J. I.; Ventura, C. R.; Tablado, A.; Tavares, Y.; Tiago, C. G.; Tuya, F.;Williams, S. M. (2013). Appendix. <em>In: J. J. Alvarado & F. A. Solís-Marín (eds), Echinoderm Research and Diversity in Latin America.</em> pp. 471-510. Springer; Berlin & Heidelberg. page(s): 543-654. [details]
context source (PeRMS) Solís-Marín, F. A.; Alvarado, J. J.; Abreu-Pérez, M.; Aguilera, O.; Alió, J.; Bacallado-Aránega, J. J.; Barraza, E.; Benavides-Serrato, M.; Benítez-Villalobos, F.; Betancourt-Fernández, L.; Borges, M.; Brandt, M.; Brogger, M. I.; Borrero-Pérez, G. H.; Buitrón-Sánchez, E.; Campos, L. S.; Cantera, J.; Clemente, S.; Cohen-Renjifo, M.; Coppard, S.; Costa-Lotufo, L. V.; del Valle-García, R.; Díaz, Y.; Díaz de Vivar, M. E.; Díaz-Martínez, J. P.; Durán-González, A.; Epherra, L.; Escolar, M.; Francisco, V.; Freire, C. A.; García-Arrarás, E.; Gil, D. G.; Guarderas, P.; Hadel, V. F.; Hearn, A.; Hernández, J. C.; Hernández-Delgado, E. A.; Herrera-Moreno, A.; Herrero-Pérezrul, M. D.; Hooker, Y.; Honey-Escandón, M. B. I.; Lodeiros, C.; Luzuriaga, M.; Manso, C. L. C.; Martín, A.; Martinez, M. I.; Martínez, S.; Moro-Abad; Mutschke, E.; Navarro, J. C.; Neira, R.; Noriega, N.; Palleiro-Nayar, J. S.; Pérez, A. F.; Pérez-Ruzafa, A.; Prieto-Rios, E.; Reyes, J.; Rodríguez, R.; Rubilar, T.; Sancho-Mejía, T.; Sangil, C.; Silva, J. R. M. C.; Sonnenholzner, J. I.; Ventura, C. R.; Tablado, A.; Tavares, Y.; Tiago, C. G.; Tuya, F.;Williams, S. M. (2013). Appendix. <em>In: J. J. Alvarado & F. A. Solís-Marín (eds), Echinoderm Research and Diversity in Latin America.</em> pp. 471-510. Springer; Berlin & Heidelberg. page(s): 543-654. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (2 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Thrissacanthias penicillatus)
To GenBank (8 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (43 records)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (Holotype USNM 22329) (from synonym Persephonaster penicillatus Fisher, 1905)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Thrissacanthias penicillatus)
To GenBank (8 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (43 records)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (Holotype USNM 22329) (from synonym Persephonaster penicillatus Fisher, 1905)
To ITIS
