WoRMS name details
Asterias polaris Sabine, 1824
123772 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:123772)
unaccepted (synonym)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Sabine, E. (1824). Marine Invertebrate animals. Supplement to the appendix. <em>in W.E. Parry, Voyage for the Discovery of a North-West Passage.</em> pp. 219-239, London., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53539606 [details]
Mah, C.L. (2026). World Asteroidea Database. Asterias polaris Sabine, 1824. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=123772 on 2026-05-24
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Nomenclature
original description
Sabine, E. (1824). Marine Invertebrate animals. Supplement to the appendix. <em>in W.E. Parry, Voyage for the Discovery of a North-West Passage.</em> pp. 219-239, London., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53539606 [details]
basis of record Hansson, H.G. (2001). Echinodermata, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i>. 50: pp. 336-351. (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record Hansson, H.G. (2001). Echinodermata, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i>. 50: pp. 336-351. (look up in IMIS) [details]
Other
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Synonymy To Ctenodiscus according to Muller & Troschel (1842) and a synonym of Ctenodiscus corniculatus [=C. crispatus (Retzius, 1805)] according to Sladen (1889). [details]
