Asteroidea taxon details
Zoroaster ophiactis Fisher, 1916
254836 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:254836)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Fisher, W. K. (1916). New east Indian starfishes. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 29: 27-36., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3336489
page(s): 29 [details]
page(s): 29 [details]
Mah, C.L. (2025). World Asteroidea Database. Zoroaster ophiactis Fisher, 1916. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Asteroidea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=254836 on 2025-05-17
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original description
Fisher, W. K. (1916). New east Indian starfishes. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 29: 27-36., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3336489
page(s): 29 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
basis of record Mah, C. (2007). Phylogeny of the Zoroasteridae (Zorocallina;Forcipulatida): evolutionary events in deep-sea Asteroidea displaying Palaeozoic features. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 150: 177-210., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.2007.00291.x [details]
additional source Fisher, W.K. (1919). Starfishes of the Philippine seas and adjacent waters. Bulletin of the United States National Museum, 3(100): 1-547. 156 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7666959 [details]
additional source Imaoka, T., Irimura, S., Okutani, T., Oguro, C., Shigei, M. & Horikawa, H. (1990). <em>Echinoderms from the Continental Shelf and Slope around Japan. Vol. I. The Intensive Research of Unexploited Fishery Resources on Continental Slopes.</em> Tokyo: Japan Fisheries Resource Conservation Association. 1-159. [details] Available for editors
page(s): 29 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
basis of record Mah, C. (2007). Phylogeny of the Zoroasteridae (Zorocallina;Forcipulatida): evolutionary events in deep-sea Asteroidea displaying Palaeozoic features. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 150: 177-210., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.2007.00291.x [details]
additional source Fisher, W.K. (1919). Starfishes of the Philippine seas and adjacent waters. Bulletin of the United States National Museum, 3(100): 1-547. 156 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7666959 [details]
additional source Imaoka, T., Irimura, S., Okutani, T., Oguro, C., Shigei, M. & Horikawa, H. (1990). <em>Echinoderms from the Continental Shelf and Slope around Japan. Vol. I. The Intensive Research of Unexploited Fishery Resources on Continental Slopes.</em> Tokyo: Japan Fisheries Resource Conservation Association. 1-159. [details] Available for editors
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
