The World Asteroidea Database - Astropecten malaccanus Beford, 1900

Asteroidea name details

Astropecten malaccanus Beford, 1900

AphiaID

368650 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:368650)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (synonym according to Doderlein (1917))

Accepted Name

Astropecten andersoni Sladen, 1888

Rank

Species

Parent

Astropecten Gray, 1840

Orig. name

Astropecten malaccanus Beford, 1900

Synonymised names

Astropecten javanicus var. malaccanus Bedford, 1900 · unaccepted

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Bedford, F.P. (1900). On the echinoderms from Singapore and Malacca. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1900: 271-299., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35994537
page(s): 291 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Mah, C.L. (2021). World Asteroidea Database. Astropecten malaccanus Beford, 1900. Accessed at: http://www.marinespecies.org/Asteroidea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=368650 on 2024-04-23

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2008-10-22 01:37:08Z

created

Mah, Christopher

[taxonomic tree]

Sources (1)
Notes (1)

original description Bedford, F.P. (1900). On the echinoderms from Singapore and Malacca. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1900: 271-299., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35994537
page(s): 291 [details]

From editor or global species database

Synonymy Perhaps conspecific with A. inutilis Koehler, 1910 according to Koehler (1910) in which case malaccana would be the senior synonym but with a synonym of A. andersoni Sladen, 1888 according to Doderlein (1917). [details]