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Mithrodia clavigera (Lamarck, 1816)

178200  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:178200)

accepted
Species
Echinaster echinulatus (Muller & Troschel, 1842) · unaccepted (Synonym according to Sladen (1889))
Heresaster papillosus Michelin, 1844 · unaccepted (synonym according to Sladen (1889))
Mithrodia echinulatus (Müller & Troschel, 1842) · unaccepted (synonym according to Sladen (1889))
Mithrodia spinulosa Gray, 1840 · unaccepted (Synonym according to Sladen (1889))
Mithrodia victoriae Bell, 1882 · unaccepted (Synonym according to Pope & Rowe (1977))
Ophidiaster echinulatus Müller & Troschel, 1842 · unaccepted (synonym according to H.L. Clark (1921))
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Asterias clavigera Lamarck, 1816) Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de. (1816). Asterie. <em>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertebres.</em> 2: 547-568., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13299321
page(s): 562 [details]   
Description Colour in life: pale flesh tone with large brick-red patches, especially proximally, arm tips black (Sloan et al., 1979).  
Description Colour in life: pale flesh tone with large brick-red patches, especially proximally, arm tips black (Sloan et al., 1979).
Also distributed in Maldive area, East Indies, Philippine, China, south Japan and South Pacific Is. (Clark & Rowe, 1971); Australia (Rowe & Gates, 1995).
Ecology: bentic, inshore, continental shelf. General distribution: tropical, Indo-Pacific Ocean, depth range 0-80 m. (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]
Mah, C.L. (2024). World Asteroidea Database. Mithrodia clavigera (Lamarck, 1816). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/asteroidea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=178200 on 2024-04-23
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2005-07-29 10:12:16Z
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original description  (of Asterias clavigera Lamarck, 1816) Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de. (1816). Asterie. <em>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertebres.</em> 2: 547-568., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13299321
page(s): 562 [details]   

original description  (of Mithrodia spinulosa Gray, 1840) Gray, J.E. (1840). XXXII. A synopsis of the genera and species of the class Hypostoma (<i>Asterias</i>, Linnaeus). <em>Annals of the Magazine of Natural History.</em> 6: 275-290., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2336044#page/309/mode/1up
page(s): 288 [details]   

original description  (of Heresaster papillosus Michelin, 1844) Michelin, H. (1844). Description de quatre Echinides et Stellérides nouvelles, ex-traite d'un catalogue raisonné des Zoophytes , Echinides et Stellérides recueillis par MM. J. Desjardins et Mathieu , à Vile de France (aujourd'hui île Maurice). <em>Revue Zoologique par la Societe Cuvierienne.</em> 7: 173., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2284857
page(s): 173 [details]   

original description  (of Mithrodia victoriae Bell, 1882) Bell, F.J. (1882). 4. Descriptions of new or rare species of Asteroidea in the collection of the British Museum. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1882: 121-124., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28678447#page/165/mode/1up
page(s): 123 [details]   

original description  (of Ophidiaster echinulatus Müller & Troschel, 1842) Müller, J. and Troschel, F. H. (1842). System der Asteriden.1. Asteriae. 2. Ophiuridae. <em>Vieweg: Braunschweig.</em> xxx+134 pp. 12 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/44159
page(s): 32 [details]  OpenAccess publication 

basis of record Clark, A. M.; Downey, M. E. (1992). Starfishes of the Atlantic. <i>Chapman & Hall Identification Guides</i>, 3. Chapman & Hall. London, UK. ISBN 0-412-43280-3. xxvi, 794 pp. (look up in IMIS[details]   

additional source Rowe, F. W. E.; Gates, J. (1995). Echinodermata. <em>In ‘Zoological Catalogue of Australia'.</em> 33 (Ed A. Wells.) pp xiii + 510 (CSIRO Australia, Melbourne). [details]   

additional source Pawson, D. L., D. J. Vance, C. G. Messing, F. A. Solis-Marin & C. L. Mah. (2009). Echinodermata of the Gulf of Mexico. <em>Pp. 1177–1204 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota.</em> Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College S. [details]   

additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS[details]  Available for editors  PDF available 
 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

From other sources
Description Colour in life: pale flesh tone with large brick-red patches, especially proximally, arm tips black (Sloan et al., 1979).
Also distributed in Maldive area, East Indies, Philippine, China, south Japan and South Pacific Is. (Clark & Rowe, 1971); Australia (Rowe & Gates, 1995).
Ecology: bentic, inshore, continental shelf. General distribution: tropical, Indo-Pacific Ocean, depth range 0-80 m. (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]

Remark Type data: status undetermined in Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris (France). Type locality: unknown (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]
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Japanese フトトゲヒトデ  [details]
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