The World Asteroidea Database - Tethyaster gigas (Caso, 1947)

Asteroidea name details

Tethyaster gigas (Caso, 1947)

AphiaID

292830 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:292830)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (synonym according to A.M. & A.H. Clark (1954))

Accepted name

Tethyaster canaliculatus (A.H. Clark, 1916)

Rank

Species

Parent

Tethyaster Sladen, 1889

Original name

Moiraster gigas Caso, 1947

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

(of Moiraster gigas Caso, 1947) Caso, M.E. (1947). Descripcion de una nueva especies del genero Moiraster de Santa Rosalia, Golfo de California. Sobretiro de los Anales del Instituto de Biologia. 18(1): 225-231.
page(s): 225 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Mah, C.L. (2021). World Asteroidea Database. Tethyaster gigas (Caso, 1947). Accessed at: http://marinespecies.org/Asteroidea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=292830 on 2025-05-13

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2008-01-26 09:54:06Z

created

Mah, Christopher

2009-01-17 21:50:33Z

changed

Mah, Christopher

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Sources (1)
Notes (1)

original description (of Moiraster gigas Caso, 1947) Caso, M.E. (1947). Descripcion de una nueva especies del genero Moiraster de Santa Rosalia, Golfo de California. Sobretiro de los Anales del Instituto de Biologia. 18(1): 225-231.
page(s): 225 [details]

From editor or global species database

Synonymy A synonym of Tethyaster canaliculatus (A.H. Clark, 1916) according to Clark & Clark (1954). Maintained as valid by Caso (1961) but on the basis of variable characters and artefacts of preservation. [details]