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Diplasterias octoradiata (Studer, 1885)

AphiaID

172655 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:172655)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Diplasterias Perrier, 1891

Original name

Pedicellaster octoradiatus Studer, 1885

Synonymised names

Anasterias octoradiata (Studer, 1885) · unaccepted

Diplasterias eunota Fisher, 1940 · unaccepted

Diplasterias octoradiata var. eunota Fisher, 1940 · unaccepted

Koehleraster octoradiatus (Studer, 1885) · unaccepted

Pedicellaster octoradiatus Studer, 1885 · unaccepted

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Variety Diplasterias octoradiata var. eunota Fisher, 1940 accepted as Diplasterias eunota Fisher, 1940 accepted as Diplasterias octoradiata (Studer, 1885)

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

(of Koehleraster octoradiatus (Studer, 1885)) Studer, T. (1885). Die Seesterne Südgeorgiens nach der Ausbeute der Deutschen Polar Station 1882-83. Jahrbuch der Hamburgischen Wissenschaftlichen Anstalten. 2, 143-166, 2 pl., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7824606
page(s): 147 [details]

(of Pedicellaster octoradiatus Studer, 1885) Studer, T. (1885). Die Seesterne Südgeorgiens nach der Ausbeute der Deutschen Polar Station 1882-83. Jahrbuch der Hamburgischen Wissenschaftlichen Anstalten. 2, 143-166, 2 pl., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7824606
page(s): 147 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Mah, C.L. (2026). World Asteroidea Database. Diplasterias octoradiata (Studer, 1885). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=172655 on 2026-07-02

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-07-12 13:53:46Z

created

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2008-12-28 23:54:02Z

changed

Mah, Christopher

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Nomenclature

original description (of Diplasterias eunota Fisher, 1940) Fisher, W.K. (1940). Asteroidea. Discovery Reports 20: 69-306., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5609973
page(s): 255 [details]

original description (of Koehleraster octoradiatus (Studer, 1885)) Studer, T. (1885). Die Seesterne Südgeorgiens nach der Ausbeute der Deutschen Polar Station 1882-83. Jahrbuch der Hamburgischen Wissenschaftlichen Anstalten. 2, 143-166, 2 pl., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7824606
page(s): 147 [details]

original description (of Diplasterias octoradiata var. eunota Fisher, 1940) Fisher, W.K. (1940). Asteroidea. Discovery Reports 20: 69-306., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5609973
page(s): 255 [details]

original description (of Pedicellaster octoradiatus Studer, 1885) Studer, T. (1885). Die Seesterne Südgeorgiens nach der Ausbeute der Deutschen Polar Station 1882-83. Jahrbuch der Hamburgischen Wissenschaftlichen Anstalten. 2, 143-166, 2 pl., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7824606
page(s): 147 [details]

basis of record Clarke, A.; Johnston, N.M. (2003). Antarctic marine benthic diversity. Oceanography and Marine Biology: an Annual Review. 41: 47-114. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors

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Other

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