The World Asteroidea Database - Nearchaster (Nearchaster) variabilis (Fisher, 1910)

Asteroidea taxon details

Nearchaster (Nearchaster) variabilis (Fisher, 1910)

AphiaID

380822 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:380822)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Nearchaster (Nearchaster) Fisher, 1911

Orig. name

Acantharchaster variabilis Fisher, 1910

Synonymised names

Acantharchaster variabilis Fisher, 1910 · unaccepted

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Subspecies Nearchaster (Nearchaster) variabilis geminus Djakonov, 1950
Subspecies Nearchaster (Nearchaster) variabilis variabilis (Fisher, 1910)

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

(of Acantharchaster variabilis Fisher, 1910) Fisher, W.K. (1910). New starfishes from the North Pacific. I. Phanerozonia. II. Spinulosa. <em>Zologischer Anzeiger.</em> 35(18): 545-553, 568-574., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9741991#page/559/mode/1up
page(s): 550 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Mah, C.L. (2024). World Asteroidea Database. Nearchaster (Nearchaster) variabilis (Fisher, 1910). Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/Asteroidea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=380822 on 2024-04-19

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2009-01-19 15:30:12Z

created

Mah, Christopher

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original description (of Acantharchaster variabilis Fisher, 1910) Fisher, W.K. (1910). New starfishes from the North Pacific. I. Phanerozonia. II. Spinulosa. <em>Zologischer Anzeiger.</em> 35(18): 545-553, 568-574., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9741991#page/559/mode/1up
page(s): 550 [details]

context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (8 records)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (Holotype USNM 27800) (from synonym Acantharchaster variabilis Fisher, 1910)