WoRMS taxon details
Asthenactis Fisher, 1906
- Species Asthenactis agni Kobayashi et al., 2022
- Species Asthenactis australis McKnight, 2006
- Species Asthenactis fisheri Alton, 1966
- Species Asthenactis papyraceus Fisher, 1906
- Species Asthenactis medusa Fisher, 1913 accepted as Myxaster medusa (Fisher, 1913)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Fisher, W.K. (1906). The starfishes of the Hawaiian islands. Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission, 23: 987-1130., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51691707
page(s): 1096 [details]
page(s): 1096 [details]
Mah, C.L. (2025). World Asteroidea Database. Asthenactis Fisher, 1906. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=291570 on 2025-05-16
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Fisher, W.K. (1906). The starfishes of the Hawaiian islands. Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission, 23: 987-1130., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51691707
page(s): 1096 [details]
page(s): 1096 [details]
Other
additional source
McKnight, D. G. (2006). The marine fauna of New Zealand, Echinodermata: Asteroidea (Sea-stars). 3. Orders Velatida, Spinulosida, Forcipulatida, Brisingida with addenda to Paxillosida, Valvatida. <em>NIWA Biodiversity Memoir.</em> 120: 1-187., available online at http://docs.niwa.co.nz/library/public/NIWAbm120.pdf [details] Available for editors 
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additional source Alton, M.S. (1966).A new sea-star from the northeastern Pacific Ocean, <i>Asthenactis fisheri</i> n. sp., with a review of the family Myxasteridae.Deep-Sea Research 13: 687-697 [details]
additional source Mah, C.L.; McKnight, D.G.; Eagle, M.K.; Pawson, D.L.; Améziane, N.; Vance, D.J.; Baker, A.N.; Clark, H.E.S.; Davey, N. (2009). Phylum Echinodermata: sea stars, brittle stars, sea urchins, sea cucumbers, sea lilies. In: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. pp. 371-400. [details]
[request]additional source Alton, M.S. (1966).A new sea-star from the northeastern Pacific Ocean, <i>Asthenactis fisheri</i> n. sp., with a review of the family Myxasteridae.Deep-Sea Research 13: 687-697 [details]
additional source Mah, C.L.; McKnight, D.G.; Eagle, M.K.; Pawson, D.L.; Améziane, N.; Vance, D.J.; Baker, A.N.; Clark, H.E.S.; Davey, N. (2009). Phylum Echinodermata: sea stars, brittle stars, sea urchins, sea cucumbers, sea lilies. In: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. pp. 371-400. [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
