WoRMS taxon details

Dytaster grandis grandis (Verrill, 1884)

125201  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:125201)

accepted
Subspecies
Dytaster madreporifer Sladen, 1889 · unaccepted (synonym according to Verrill...)  
synonym according to Verrill (1894), John (1950) and Sibuet (1975)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Not documented
Mah, C.L. (2024). World Asteroidea Database. Dytaster grandis grandis (Verrill, 1884). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=125201 on 2024-03-19
Date
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
created
2009-02-01 01:36:32Z
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original description  (of Dytaster madreporifer Sladen, 1889) Sladen, W.P. (1889). Report on the Asteroidea. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–1876. Zoology.</em> 30 (part 51): xlii + 893 pages, 118 plates., available online at http://www.19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-51/README.htm
page(s): 70 [details]   

context source (Deepsea) Natural History Museum, London (NHM): Collections Management Database System.  [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]   

additional source Clark, A. M.; Downey, M. E. (1992). Starfishes of the Atlantic. <i>Chapman & Hall Identification Guides</i>, 3. Chapman & Hall. London, UK. ISBN 0-412-43280-3. xxvi, 794 pp. (look up in IMIS[details]   

additional source Pawson, D. L., D. J. Vance, C. G. Messing, F. A. Solis-Marin & C. L. Mah. (2009). Echinodermata of the Gulf of Mexico. <em>Pp. 1177–1204 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota.</em> Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College S. [details]   
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

From editor or global species database
Validity A synonym of Dytaster insignis (Perrier, 1884) according to Downey (1973) but still treatd as valid by Sibuet (1975) and by Downey (pers. comm. to A.M. Clark). [details]