The World Asteroidea Database - Astropecten imbellis Sladen, 1883

WoRMS taxon details

Astropecten imbellis Sladen, 1883

AphiaID

368504 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:368504)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Astropecten Gray, 1840

Original name

Astropecten imbellis Sladen, 1883

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Sladen, W.P. (1883) The Asteroidea of H.M.S. <i>Challenger</i> Expedition, pt. 2. Astropectinidae. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology 17: 214-269., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31628552
page(s): 255 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Mah, C.L. (2025). World Asteroidea Database. Astropecten imbellis Sladen, 1883. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=368504 on 2025-05-14

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2008-10-18 02:23:40Z

created

Mah, Christopher

Licensing

The webpage text is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License

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Nomenclature

original description Sladen, W.P. (1883) The Asteroidea of H.M.S. <i>Challenger</i> Expedition, pt. 2. Astropectinidae. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology 17: 214-269., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31628552
page(s): 255 [details]

Present

Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Definitions

To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (1 record)