WoRMS taxon details
Rosaster florifer (Alcock, 1893)
368940 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:368940)
accepted
Species
Mediaster florifer (Alcock, 1893) · unaccepted (subsequent name/combination...)
subsequent name/combination proposed by Fisher 1919: 242
Nymphaster florifer Alcock, 1893 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Nymphaster florifer Alcock, 1893) Alcock, A. (1893). Natural History notes from the HM Indian Marine Survey Steamer Investigator.7. An account of the collection of deep-sea Asteroidea. <em>Annals of the Magazine of Natural History.</em> 11(6): 73-121., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24344470#page/95/mode/1up
page(s): 94 [details]
page(s): 94 [details]
Mah, C.L. (2026). World Asteroidea Database. Rosaster florifer (Alcock, 1893). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=368940 on 2026-08-16
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(of Nymphaster florifer Alcock, 1893) Alcock, A. (1893). Natural History notes from the HM Indian Marine Survey Steamer Investigator.7. An account of the collection of deep-sea Asteroidea. <em>Annals of the Magazine of Natural History.</em> 11(6): 73-121., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24344470#page/95/mode/1up
page(s): 94 [details]
page(s): 94 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
