The World Asteroidea Database - Ctenaster L. Agassiz, 1836

WoRMS name details

Ctenaster L. Agassiz, 1836

AphiaID

377348 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:377348)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > nomen nudum (Cited only as synonym of Asterina)

Rank

Genus

Parent

Asterinidae Gray, 1840

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Agassiz, L. (1836). Prodrome d'une Monographie des Radiaires ou Echinodermes. <em>Mémoires de la Société des Sciences naturelles de Neuchâtel.</em> 1, 168-199., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10596479
page(s): 192 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Mah, C.L. (2025). World Asteroidea Database. Ctenaster L. Agassiz, 1836. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=377348 on 2025-05-02

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2008-12-10 02:34:30Z

created

Mah, Christopher

Licensing

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Sources (1)

Nomenclature

original description Agassiz, L. (1836). Prodrome d'une Monographie des Radiaires ou Echinodermes. <em>Mémoires de la Société des Sciences naturelles de Neuchâtel.</em> 1, 168-199., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10596479
page(s): 192 [details]