The World Asteroidea Database - Polyasterias Perrier, 1894

WoRMS name details

Polyasterias Perrier, 1894

AphiaID

379687 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:379687)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (Synonym according to Fisher (1928))

Accepted name

Coscinasterias (Stolasterias) (Sladen, 1889)

Rank

Genus

Parent

Asteriidae Gray, 1840

Synonymised names

Asterias (Polyasterias) Perrier, 1894 · unaccepted

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Species Polyasterias tenuispina (Lamarck, 1816) accepted as Coscinasterias tenuispina (Lamarck, 1816)

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Perrier, E. (1894). Stellérides. Expéditions Scientifique Travailleur et du Talisman. 3:1-431, 26 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44802953
page(s): 108; note: apparently mentioned only in key [details]

Taxonomic citation

Mah, C.L. (2025). World Asteroidea Database. Polyasterias Perrier, 1894. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=379687 on 2025-05-12

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2009-01-05 03:22:03Z

created

Mah, Christopher

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Nomenclature

original description Perrier, E. (1894). Stellérides. Expéditions Scientifique Travailleur et du Talisman. 3:1-431, 26 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44802953
page(s): 108; note: apparently mentioned only in key [details]