The World Asteroidea Database - Aquilonastra cepheus (Muller & Troschel, 1842)

ERMS taxon details

Aquilonastra cepheus (Muller & Troschel, 1842)

AphiaID

459525 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:459525)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Aquilonastra O'Loughlin in O'Loughlin & Waters, 2004

Original name

Asteriscus cepheus Müller & Troschel, 1842

Synonymised names

Asterina cepheus (Müller & Troschel, 1842) · unaccepted

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

(of ) Müller, J. and Troschel, F. H. (1842). System der Asteriden.1. Asteriae. 2. Ophiuridae. <em>Vieweg: Braunschweig.</em> xxx+134 pp. 12 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/44159
page(s): 41 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Mah, C.L. (2025). World Asteroidea Database. Aquilonastra cepheus (Muller & Troschel, 1842). Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=459525 on 2025-05-04

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025). European Register of Marine Species. Aquilonastra cepheus (Muller & Troschel, 1842). Accessed at: https://marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=459525 on 2025-05-04

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2010-02-27 02:02:44Z

created

Mah, Christopher

Licensing

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[taxonomic tree]

original description (of ) Müller, J. and Troschel, F. H. (1842). System der Asteriden.1. Asteriae. 2. Ophiuridae. <em>Vieweg: Braunschweig.</em> xxx+134 pp. 12 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/44159
page(s): 41 [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Definitions

To Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (33 publications) (from synonym Asterina cepheus (Müller & Troschel, 1842))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Aquilonastra cepheus)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 1 proteins) (from synonym Asterina cepheus (Müller & Troschel, 1842))
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Asterina cepheus (Müller & Troschel, 1842))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (21 records) (from synonym Asterina cepheus (Müller & Troschel, 1842))