The World Asteroidea Database - Cnemidaster squameus (Alcock, 1893)

WoRMS taxon details

Cnemidaster squameus (Alcock, 1893)

AphiaID

255077 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:255077)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Cnemidaster Sladen, 1889

Original name

Zoroaster squameus Alcock, 1893

Synonymised names

Zoroaster squameus Alcock, 1893 · unaccepted

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

(of Zoroaster squameus Alcock, 1893) Alcock, A. (1893). Natural History notes from the HM Indian Marine Survey Steamer Investigator.7. An account of the collection of deep-sea Asteroidea. <em>Annals of the Magazine of Natural History.</em> 11(6): 73-121., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24344470#page/95/mode/1up
page(s): 109 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Mah, C.L. (2025). World Asteroidea Database. Cnemidaster squameus (Alcock, 1893). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=255077 on 2025-05-13

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2007-12-29 07:35:14Z

created

Mah, Christopher

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description (of Zoroaster squameus Alcock, 1893) Alcock, A. (1893). Natural History notes from the HM Indian Marine Survey Steamer Investigator.7. An account of the collection of deep-sea Asteroidea. <em>Annals of the Magazine of Natural History.</em> 11(6): 73-121., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24344470#page/95/mode/1up
page(s): 109 [details]

Other

context source (Deepsea) Natural History Museum, London (NHM): Collections Management Database System. [details]

Present

Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Definitions

To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Zoroaster squameus Alcock, 1893)