WoRMS name details
Mediaster transfuga Ludwig, 1905
368838 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:368838)
unaccepted (synonym according to Mah (2026))
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Ludwig, H. (1905). Asteroidea. <em>Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard.</em> 32: vii-xii, 1-292+ plates., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28866803
page(s): 120 [details]
page(s): 120 [details]
Mah, C.L. (2026). World Asteroidea Database. Mediaster transfuga Ludwig, 1905. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=368838 on 2026-08-11
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Nomenclature
original description
Ludwig, H. (1905). Asteroidea. <em>Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard.</em> 32: vii-xii, 1-292+ plates., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28866803
page(s): 120 [details]
page(s): 120 [details]
Other
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
additional source Mah, C. L. (2026). New species and occurrences of deep-sea Asteroidea (Forcipulatacea, Valvatida, Paxillosida) from the Pacific continental margin of Costa Rica. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5845(2): 201-234., available online at https://mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.5845.2.1
page(s): 220 [details]
additional source Mah, C. L. (2026). New species and occurrences of deep-sea Asteroidea (Forcipulatacea, Valvatida, Paxillosida) from the Pacific continental margin of Costa Rica. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5845(2): 201-234., available online at https://mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.5845.2.1
page(s): 220 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
