The World Asteroidea Database - Astrostole Fisher, 1923

Asteroidea taxon details

Astrostole Fisher, 1923

AphiaID

255045 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:255045)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Asteriidae Gray, 1840

Synonymised names

Margaraster Hutton, 1872 · unaccepted

Direct children (6)

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Species Astrostole insularis H.L. Clark, 1938
Species Astrostole multispina A.M. Clark, 1950
Species Astrostole platei (Meissner, 1896)
Species Astrostole rodolphi (Perrier, 1875)
Species Astrostole scabra (Hutton, 1872)
Species Astrostole paschae (H.L. Clark, 1920) accepted as Astrostole platei (Meissner, 1896) (synonym according to Mah, 2021)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Fisher, W.K. (1923).A preliminary synopsis of the Asteriidae, a family of sea-stars. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 12(9): 247-258
page(s): 255 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Mah, C.L. (2024). World Asteroidea Database. Astrostole Fisher, 1923. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/asteroidea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=255045 on 2024-04-19

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2007-12-28 03:06:27Z

created

Mah, Christopher

2008-01-19 09:31:50Z

changed

Mah, Christopher

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original description Fisher, W.K. (1923).A preliminary synopsis of the Asteriidae, a family of sea-stars. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 12(9): 247-258
page(s): 255 [details]

original description (of Margaraster Hutton, 1872) Hutton, F.W. (1872). Catalogue of the echinodermata of New Zealand, with diagnoses of the species. <em>Colonial Museum and Geological Department.</em> i-iv, 1-18.
page(s): 4 [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Language	Name
English	seven rayed star	[details]

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