World Echinoidea Database - Opissaster kerguelenensis (H.L. Clark, 1917)

WoRMS name details

Opissaster kerguelenensis (H.L. Clark, 1917)

AphiaID

569389 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:569389)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (unaccepted combination)

Accepted name

Brisaster kerguelenensis H.L. Clark, 1917

Rank

Species

Parent

Opissaster Pomel, 1883 †

Original name

Brisaster kerguelenensis H.L. Clark, 1917

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

(of Brisaster kerguelenensis H.L. Clark, 1917) Clark, H. L. (1917). Hawaiian and other Pacific Echini. <em>Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard College.</em> 46: 85-283., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30650182
page(s): 184-185; pl. 154: figs 15-17 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Kroh, A.; Mooi, R. (2025). World Echinoidea Database. Opissaster kerguelenensis (H.L. Clark, 1917). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=569389 on 2025-05-12

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2011-04-14 07:16:27Z

created

Kroh, Andreas

2013-08-26 18:24:18Z

changed

Kroh, Andreas

Licensing

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Sources (2)

Nomenclature

original description (of Brisaster kerguelenensis H.L. Clark, 1917) Clark, H. L. (1917). Hawaiian and other Pacific Echini. <em>Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard College.</em> 46: 85-283., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30650182
page(s): 184-185; pl. 154: figs 15-17 [details]

basis of record Mortensen, T. (1951). A Monograph of the Echinoidea. V, 2. Spatangoida II. Amphisternata II. Spatangidæ, Loveniidæ, Pericosmidæ, Schizasteridæ, Brissidæ, 593 pp., C. A. Reitzel, Copenhagen.
page(s): 294 [details]