Deep-Sea taxon details
Sphaeriodiscus scotocryptus Fisher, 1913
368855 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:368855)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Fisher, W.K. (1913). Four new genera and fifty-eight new species of starfishes from the Philippine Islands, Celebes, and the Moluccas. Proceedings of the US National Museum, 43: 599-648., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7723469#page/705/mode/1up
page(s): 641 [details]
page(s): 641 [details]
Holotype USNM 30553, geounit Sulu Sea
Holotype USNM 30553, geounit Sulu Sea [details]
Mah, C.L. (2025). World Asteroidea Database. Sphaeriodiscus scotocryptus Fisher, 1913. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=368855 on 2025-05-17
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Sphaeriodiscus scotocryptus Fisher, 1913. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=368855 on 2025-05-17
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original description
Fisher, W.K. (1913). Four new genera and fifty-eight new species of starfishes from the Philippine Islands, Celebes, and the Moluccas. Proceedings of the US National Museum, 43: 599-648., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7723469#page/705/mode/1up
page(s): 641 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
additional source Jangoux, M. (1981). Echinodermes: Astéroïdes. <em>in: Forest, J. (Ed.) Résultats des campagnes MUSORSTOM: 1. Philippines (18-28 Mars 1976). Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. Série A, Zoologie.</em> 91: 457-476. (look up in IMIS) [details]
page(s): 641 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
additional source Jangoux, M. (1981). Echinodermes: Astéroïdes. <em>in: Forest, J. (Ed.) Résultats des campagnes MUSORSTOM: 1. Philippines (18-28 Mars 1976). Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. Série A, Zoologie.</em> 91: 457-476. (look up in IMIS) [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype USNM 30553, geounit Sulu Sea [details]
