WoRMS taxon details

Asterostegus tuberculatus Mortensen, 1933

221147  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:221147)

accepted
Species
Astrostegus tuberculatus Mortensen, 1933 · unaccepted (misspelling)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Mortensen, T. (1933). Echinoderms of South Africa (Asteroidea and Ophiuroidea) Papers from Dr. Th. Mortensen's Pacific Expedition 1914-16. <em>Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk naturhistorisk Forening 93.</em> 65: 215-400. [details]   
Note off Durban, 382m; only one specimen recorded.  
Type locality off Durban, 382m; only one specimen recorded. [details]
Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T.; Thuy, B. (Eds) (2024). World Ophiuroidea Database. Asterostegus tuberculatus Mortensen, 1933. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=221147 on 2024-03-29
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2000-04-13 19:06:52Z
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2007-07-18 12:17:12Z
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original description Mortensen, T. (1933). Echinoderms of South Africa (Asteroidea and Ophiuroidea) Papers from Dr. Th. Mortensen's Pacific Expedition 1914-16. <em>Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk naturhistorisk Forening 93.</em> 65: 215-400. [details]   

original description  (of Astrostegus tuberculatus Mortensen, 1933) Mortensen, T. (1933). Echinoderms of South Africa (Asteroidea and Ophiuroidea) Papers from Dr. Th. Mortensen's Pacific Expedition 1914-16. <em>Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk naturhistorisk Forening 93.</em> 65: 215-400. [details]   

basis of record Clark, A. M.; Courtman-Stock, J. (1976). The echinoderms of southern Africa. Publ. No. 766. British Museum (Nat. Hist), London. 277 pp. [details]   

redescription Okanishi, M.; Fujita, T. (2014). A taxonomic review of the genus Asterostegus (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea), with the description of a new species. <em>European Journal of Taxonomy.</em> 94 (1), 187-201., available online at https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2014.76 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

From other sources
Type locality off Durban, 382m; only one specimen recorded. [details]