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WoRMS taxon details

Cheiraster (Luidiaster) dawsoni (Verrill, 1880)

AphiaID

380798 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:380798)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Cheiraster (Luidiaster) Studer, 1883

Original name

Archaster dawsoni Verrill, 1880

Synonymised names

Acantharchaster dawsoni (Verrill, 1880) · unaccepted

Archaster dawsoni Verrill, 1880 · unaccepted

Luidiaster dawsoni (Verrill, 1880) · unaccepted

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Subspecies Cheiraster (Luidiaster) dawsoni dawsoni (Verrill, 1880)
Subspecies Cheiraster (Luidiaster) dawsoni ochotensis (Djakonov, 1952)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

(of Archaster dawsoni Verrill, 1880) Verrill, A.E. in J. F. Whiteaves. (1880). Appendix C. On Some Marine Invertebrata from the Queen Charlotte Islands. Asteroidea. <em>Report of Progress 1878-1879, Geological Survey of Canada.</em> 190-205 (192-195)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40335043
page(s): 194 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Mah, C.L. (2025). World Asteroidea Database. Cheiraster (Luidiaster) dawsoni (Verrill, 1880). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=380798 on 2025-11-16

Taxonomic edit history

Date

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2009-01-19 15:30:12Z

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Mah, Christopher

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Nomenclature

original description (of Archaster dawsoni Verrill, 1880) Verrill, A.E. in J. F. Whiteaves. (1880). Appendix C. On Some Marine Invertebrata from the Queen Charlotte Islands. Asteroidea. <em>Report of Progress 1878-1879, Geological Survey of Canada.</em> 190-205 (192-195)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40335043
page(s): 194 [details]