WoRMS name details
Ophidiaster superba (H.L. Clark, 1921)
378750 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:378750)
unaccepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Hacelia superba H.L. Clark, 1921) Clark, H. L. (1921). The echinoderm fauna of Torres Strait: its composition and its origin. <em>Department of Marine Biology of the Carnegie Institute.</em> 10: vi + 223, 38 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14515937
page(s): 87 [details]
page(s): 87 [details]
Mah, C.L. (2026). World Asteroidea Database. Ophidiaster superba (H.L. Clark, 1921). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=378750 on 2026-07-21
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Hacelia superba H.L. Clark, 1921) Clark, H. L. (1921). The echinoderm fauna of Torres Strait: its composition and its origin. <em>Department of Marine Biology of the Carnegie Institute.</em> 10: vi + 223, 38 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14515937
page(s): 87 [details]
new combination reference Nataf, G. and Cherbonnier, G. (1975). Troisieme contriubtion a la connaissance des asterides de la cote occidentale d'Afrique. <em>Bulletin du Museum national d'Histoire naturelle (Zoologique).</em> 218: 813-832, 3 plates., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/p.280359
page(s): 813 [details]
page(s): 87 [details]
new combination reference Nataf, G. and Cherbonnier, G. (1975). Troisieme contriubtion a la connaissance des asterides de la cote occidentale d'Afrique. <em>Bulletin du Museum national d'Histoire naturelle (Zoologique).</em> 218: 813-832, 3 plates., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/p.280359
page(s): 813 [details]
From editor or global species database
Synonymy non Hacelia superba H.L. Clark 1921, probably,=H. attenuata (Gray, 1840) according to Miller (1984) [details]
