WoRMS name details
Hippasteria johnstoni (Gray, 1836)
377872 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:377872)
unaccepted (synonym according to Muller and Troschel (1842))
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Asterias johnstoni Gray in Johnston, 1836) Johnston, G. (1836). Illustrations in British Zoology: <i>Asterias rubens</i> and <i>Asterias johnstoni</i> Gray; <i> Asterias aranciaca</i> and <i>A. endeca; Asterias papposa</i>. <em>Magazine of Natural History.</em> 9: 144-147; 298-300; 474-475.
page(s): 146 [details]
page(s): 146 [details]
Mah, C.L. (2026). World Asteroidea Database. Hippasteria johnstoni (Gray, 1836). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=377872 on 2026-02-14
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Asterias johnstoni Gray in Johnston, 1836) Johnston, G. (1836). Illustrations in British Zoology: <i>Asterias rubens</i> and <i>Asterias johnstoni</i> Gray; <i> Asterias aranciaca</i> and <i>A. endeca; Asterias papposa</i>. <em>Magazine of Natural History.</em> 9: 144-147; 298-300; 474-475.
page(s): 146 [details]
page(s): 146 [details]
From editor or global species database
Synonymy Technically a synonym of Astrogonium (=Hippasteria) phrygiana (Parelius, 1768). [details]
