WoRMS name details
Spoladaster brachyactis (H.L. Clark, 1923)
178029 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:178029)
unaccepted (synonym according to Mah & Foltz (2014))
Species
Cryaster brachyactis H.L. Clark, 1923 · unaccepted (synonym)
Culcita veneris Perrier, 1879 · unaccepted
Tylaster meridionalis Mortensen, 1933 · unaccepted (Synonym according to A.M. Clark (1984))
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Cryaster brachyactis H.L. Clark, 1923) Clark, H. L. (1923). The Echinoderm fauna of South Africa. <em>Annals of the South African Museum.</em> 13(7): 221-435, 23 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1541222#page/263/mode/1up
page(s): 293 [details]
page(s): 293 [details]
Note South of Algoa Bay, 104 m. (Clark &...
Type locality South of Algoa Bay, 104 m. (Clark & Courtman-Stock, 1976). [details]
Mah, C.L. (2025). World Asteroidea Database. Spoladaster brachyactis (H.L. Clark, 1923). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=178029 on 2025-11-15
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Cryaster brachyactis H.L. Clark, 1923) Clark, H. L. (1923). The Echinoderm fauna of South Africa. <em>Annals of the South African Museum.</em> 13(7): 221-435, 23 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1541222#page/263/mode/1up
page(s): 293 [details]
basis of record 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]
page(s): 293 [details]
basis of record 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]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Mah, C.L. & Foltz, D.W. (2014). New Taxa and Taxonomic Revisions to the Poraniidae (Valvatacea; Asteroidea) with Comments on Feeding Biology. Zootaxa 3795(3): 327-372.
, available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3795.3.7 [details]
Other
additional source
Clark, A. M.; Courtman-Stock, J. (1976). The echinoderms of southern Africa. Publ. No. 766. British Museum (Nat. Hist), London. 277 pp. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Type locality South of Algoa Bay, 104 m. (Clark & Courtman-Stock, 1976). [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Tylaster meridionalis Mortensen, 1933)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications) (from synonym Culcita veneris Perrier, 1879)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Cryaster brachyactis H.L. Clark, 1923)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Tylaster meridionalis Mortensen, 1933)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications) (from synonym Culcita veneris Perrier, 1879)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Cryaster brachyactis H.L. Clark, 1923)
