The World Asteroidea Database - Brisingella fragilis (Fisher, 1906)

Deep-Sea name details

Brisingella fragilis (Fisher, 1906)

AphiaID

381929 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:381929)

Classification

Status

unaccepted

Accepted name

Hymenodiscus fragilis (Fisher, 1906)

Rank

Species

Parent

Brisingella Fisher, 1917 accepted as Hymenodiscus Perrier, 1884

Original name

Brisinga fragilis Fisher, 1906

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

(of Brisinga fragilis Fisher, 1906) Fisher, W.K. (1906). The starfishes of the Hawaiian islands. Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission, 23: 987-1130., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51691707
page(s): 1115 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Mah, C.L. (2025). World Asteroidea Database. Brisingella fragilis (Fisher, 1906). Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=381929 on 2025-05-15

Thematic species database citation

Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Brisingella fragilis (Fisher, 1906). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=381929 on 2025-05-15

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2009-01-30 03:03:03Z

created

Mah, Christopher

[taxonomic tree]

original description (of Brisinga fragilis Fisher, 1906) Fisher, W.K. (1906). The starfishes of the Hawaiian islands. Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission, 23: 987-1130., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51691707
page(s): 1115 [details]

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

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (4 records)