WoRMS taxon details
Petricia vernicina (Lamarck, 1816)
291683 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:291683)
accepted
Species
Asterias punctata Lamarck, 1816 · unaccepted
Asterias vernicina Lamarck, 1816 · unaccepted
Asteropsis imperialis Farquhar, 1897 · unaccepted
Asteropsis vernicina (Lamarck, 1816) · unaccepted
Petricia imperialis (Farquhar, 1897) · unaccepted (apparently synonymized by HES...)
apparently synonymized by HES Clark & McKnight 2001 with no explanation. retained by Keable & Reid 2015.
Petricia obesa H.L. Clark, 1923 · unaccepted (Synonym according to A.M. Clark...)
Synonym according to A.M. Clark (1966) and confirmed by Shepherd (1968)
Petricia punctata Gray, 1847 · unaccepted (synonym according to Perrier (1875))
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Asterias vernicina Lamarck, 1816) Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de. (1816). Asterie. <em>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertebres.</em> 2: 547-568., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13299321
page(s): 554 [details]
page(s): 554 [details]
Mah, C.L. (2025). World Asteroidea Database. Petricia vernicina (Lamarck, 1816). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=291683 on 2025-06-15
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Asteropsis imperialis Farquhar, 1897) Farquhar, H. (1897). A contribution to the history of New Zealand Echinoderms. <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 26: 186-198., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31882602
page(s): 193 [details]
original description (of Petricia punctata Gray, 1847) Gray, J.E. (1847). Descriptions of some new genera and species of Asteriadae. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 72-83., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12862856
page(s): 81 [details]
original description (of Petricia obesa H.L. Clark, 1923) Clark, H. L. (1923). Some Echinoderms from West Australia. <em>Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology.</em> 35: 229-251, one plate., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31757318
page(s): 241 [details]
original description (of Asterias vernicina Lamarck, 1816) Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de. (1816). Asterie. <em>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertebres.</em> 2: 547-568., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13299321
page(s): 554 [details]
original description (of Asterias punctata Lamarck, 1816) Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de. (1816). Asterie. <em>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertebres.</em> 2: 547-568., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13299321
page(s): 553 [details]
page(s): 193 [details]
original description (of Petricia punctata Gray, 1847) Gray, J.E. (1847). Descriptions of some new genera and species of Asteriadae. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 72-83., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12862856
page(s): 81 [details]
original description (of Petricia obesa H.L. Clark, 1923) Clark, H. L. (1923). Some Echinoderms from West Australia. <em>Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology.</em> 35: 229-251, one plate., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31757318
page(s): 241 [details]
original description (of Asterias vernicina Lamarck, 1816) Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de. (1816). Asterie. <em>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertebres.</em> 2: 547-568., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13299321
page(s): 554 [details]
original description (of Asterias punctata Lamarck, 1816) Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de. (1816). Asterie. <em>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertebres.</em> 2: 547-568., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13299321
page(s): 553 [details]
Other
additional source
Mah, C.L.; McKnight, D.G.; Eagle, M.K.; Pawson, D.L.; Améziane, N.; Vance, D.J.; Baker, A.N.; Clark, H.E.S.; Davey, N. (2009). Phylum Echinodermata: sea stars, brittle stars, sea urchins, sea cucumbers, sea lilies. In: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. pp. 371-400. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (6 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Asteropsis imperialis Farquhar, 1897)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Asteropsis vernicina (Lamarck, 1816))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Petricia vernicina)
To GenBank (10 nucleotides; 8 proteins)
To MNHN Type collection (IE 2014-28) (from synonym Asterias vernicina Lamarck, 1816)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (1 record) (from synonym Petricia obesa H.L. Clark, 1923)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (4 records)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Asteropsis imperialis Farquhar, 1897)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Asteropsis vernicina (Lamarck, 1816))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Petricia vernicina)
To GenBank (10 nucleotides; 8 proteins)
To MNHN Type collection (IE 2014-28) (from synonym Asterias vernicina Lamarck, 1816)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (1 record) (from synonym Petricia obesa H.L. Clark, 1923)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (4 records)
From editor or global species database
Hosted externally, from synonym
