The World Asteroidea Database - Calliaster quadrispinus Liao, 1989

WoRMS taxon details

Calliaster quadrispinus Liao, 1989

AphiaID

368800 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:368800)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Calliaster Gray, 1840

Original name

Calliaster quadrispinus Liao, 1989

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Liao, Y. (1989). Calliaster quadrispinus, a new species of the family Goniasteridae (Asteroidea) from southern China. Oceanologia et limnologia Sinica 20(1): 23-27 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Mah, C.L. (2025). World Asteroidea Database. Calliaster quadrispinus Liao, 1989. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=368800 on 2025-05-17

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2008-10-23 00:16:05Z

created

Mah, Christopher

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description Liao, Y. (1989). Calliaster quadrispinus, a new species of the family Goniasteridae (Asteroidea) from southern China. Oceanologia et limnologia Sinica 20(1): 23-27 [details]

Other

additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors

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Present

Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

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