WoRMS name details
Diplasterias vesiculosa (Sladen, 1889)
379674 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:379674)
unaccepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Asterias vesiculosa Sladen, 1889) Sladen, W.P. (1889). Report on the Asteroidea. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–1876. Zoology.</em> 30 (part 51): xlii + 893 pages, 118 plates., available online at http://www.19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-51/README.htm
page(s): 568 [details]
page(s): 568 [details]
Status Challenger station almost certainly wrong and not Arafura Sea, N. of Australia but probably 151, near Kerguelen and...
Status Challenger station almost certainly wrong and not Arafura Sea, N. of Australia but probably 151, near Kerguelen and vesiculosa, a synonym of Diplasterias meridionalis (Perrier, 1875) (also with six arms). NEW OBSERVATION by A.M. Clark in Clark & Mah (2001) [details]
Mah, C.L. (2024). World Asteroidea Database. Diplasterias vesiculosa (Sladen, 1889). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=379674 on 2024-04-24
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original description
(of Asterias vesiculosa Sladen, 1889) Sladen, W.P. (1889). Report on the Asteroidea. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–1876. Zoology.</em> 30 (part 51): xlii + 893 pages, 118 plates., available online at http://www.19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-51/README.htm
page(s): 568 [details]
page(s): 568 [details]
From editor or global species database
Status Challenger station almost certainly wrong and not Arafura Sea, N. of Australia but probably 151, near Kerguelen and vesiculosa, a synonym of Diplasterias meridionalis (Perrier, 1875) (also with six arms). NEW OBSERVATION by A.M. Clark in Clark & Mah (2001) [details]
