The World Asteroidea Database - Persephonaster penicillatus Fisher, 1905

WoRMS name details

Persephonaster penicillatus Fisher, 1905

AphiaID

380648 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:380648)

Classification

Status

unaccepted

Accepted name

Thrissacanthias penicillatus (Fisher, 1905)

Rank

Species

Parent

Persephonaster Wood-Mason & Alcock, 1891

Original name

Persephonaster penicillatus Fisher, 1905

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Fisher, W. K. (1905). New starfishes from deep water off California and Alaska. <em>Bulletin of the Bureau of Fisheries.</em> 24: 291-320., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25135459
page(s): 297 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Mah, C.L. (2025). World Asteroidea Database. Persephonaster penicillatus Fisher, 1905. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=380648 on 2025-05-13

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2009-01-17 01:37:51Z

created

Mah, Christopher

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description Fisher, W. K. (1905). New starfishes from deep water off California and Alaska. <em>Bulletin of the Bureau of Fisheries.</em> 24: 291-320., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25135459
page(s): 297 [details]

Other

context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]

Present

Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (Holotype USNM 22329)