The World Asteroidea Database - Hydrasterias diomediae Ludwig, 1905

WoRMS name details

Hydrasterias diomediae Ludwig, 1905

AphiaID

379782 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:379782)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (Synonym according to Fisher (1928))

Accepted name

Sclerasterias alexandri (Ludwig, 1905)

Rank

Species

Parent

Hydrasterias Sladen, 1889

Original name

Hydrasterias diomediae Ludwig, 1905

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Ludwig, H. (1905). Asteroidea. <em>Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard.</em> 32: vii-xii, 1-292+ plates., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28866803
page(s): 242 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Mah, C.L. (2025). World Asteroidea Database. Hydrasterias diomediae Ludwig, 1905. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=379782 on 2025-05-13

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2009-01-06 03:01:28Z

created

Mah, Christopher

Licensing

The webpage text is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License

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Nomenclature

original description Ludwig, H. (1905). Asteroidea. <em>Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard.</em> 32: vii-xii, 1-292+ plates., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28866803
page(s): 242 [details]

Present

Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (3 records)