Asteroidea taxon details
Sphaeriodiscus ammophilus (Fisher, 1906)
368852 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:368852)
accepted
Species
Pentagonaster ammophilus Fisher, 1906 · unaccepted (Synonym according to Halpern (1970))
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Pentagonaster ammophilus Fisher, 1906) 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): 1051 [details]
page(s): 1051 [details]
Holotype (of Pentagonaster ammophilus Fisher, 1906)...
Holotype (of Pentagonaster ammophilus Fisher, 1906) USNM 21162 [details]
Mah, C.L. (2025). World Asteroidea Database. Sphaeriodiscus ammophilus (Fisher, 1906). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Asteroidea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=368852 on 2025-05-16
Date
action
by
original description
(of Pentagonaster ammophilus Fisher, 1906) 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): 1051 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
page(s): 1051 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype (of Pentagonaster ammophilus Fisher, 1906) USNM 21162 [details]
Paratype (of Pentagonaster ammophilus Fisher, 1906) USNM 31305 [details]
Paratype (of Pentagonaster ammophilus Fisher, 1906) USNM 31414 [details]
Paratype (of Pentagonaster ammophilus Fisher, 1906) USNM E4456 [details]
Paratype (of Pentagonaster ammophilus Fisher, 1906) USNM E9671 [details]
Unreviewed
Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Pentagonaster ammophilus Fisher, 1906)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (5 records) (from synonym Pentagonaster ammophilus Fisher, 1906)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (Holotype USNM 21162) (from synonym Pentagonaster ammophilus Fisher, 1906)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (5 records) (from synonym Pentagonaster ammophilus Fisher, 1906)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (Holotype USNM 21162) (from synonym Pentagonaster ammophilus Fisher, 1906)
