WoRMS name details
Bollonaster McKnight, 1977
459083 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:459083)
unaccepted
Genus
- Species Bollonaster pectinatus (Sladen, 1883)
- Species Bollonaster primigenius (Mortensen, 1925) accepted as Astromesites primigenius (Mortensen, 1925)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
McKnight, D.G. (1977). Classification of Recent paxillosid sea-stars (Asterozoa: Echinodermata). Records of the New Zealand Oceanographic Institute 3(12): 113-119.
page(s): 115 [details]
(of Astropecten primigenius Mortensen, 1925) Mortensen, T. (1925). Papers from Dr. Th. Mortensen's Pacific Expedition 1914-16. XXIX. Echinoderms of New Zealand and the Auckland-Campbell Islands. III-V. Asteroidea, Holothuroidea and Crinoidea. <em>Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk naturhistorisk Forening i København.</em> 79(15): 261-420., available online at http://www.taxonomy.be/gti_abctaxa/downloads/additional-information-volume-1/works-famous-holothuroid-workers/mortensen-th/Mortensen_T.1925small.pdf
page(s): 272 [details]
page(s): 115 [details]
(of Astropecten primigenius Mortensen, 1925) Mortensen, T. (1925). Papers from Dr. Th. Mortensen's Pacific Expedition 1914-16. XXIX. Echinoderms of New Zealand and the Auckland-Campbell Islands. III-V. Asteroidea, Holothuroidea and Crinoidea. <em>Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk naturhistorisk Forening i København.</em> 79(15): 261-420., available online at http://www.taxonomy.be/gti_abctaxa/downloads/additional-information-volume-1/works-famous-holothuroid-workers/mortensen-th/Mortensen_T.1925small.pdf
page(s): 272 [details]
Mah, C.L. (2026). World Asteroidea Database. Bollonaster McKnight, 1977. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=459083 on 2026-05-31
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Nomenclature
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McKnight, D.G. (1977). Classification of Recent paxillosid sea-stars (Asterozoa: Echinodermata). Records of the New Zealand Oceanographic Institute 3(12): 113-119.
page(s): 115 [details]
original description (of Astropecten primigenius Mortensen, 1925) Mortensen, T. (1925). Papers from Dr. Th. Mortensen's Pacific Expedition 1914-16. XXIX. Echinoderms of New Zealand and the Auckland-Campbell Islands. III-V. Asteroidea, Holothuroidea and Crinoidea. <em>Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk naturhistorisk Forening i København.</em> 79(15): 261-420., available online at http://www.taxonomy.be/gti_abctaxa/downloads/additional-information-volume-1/works-famous-holothuroid-workers/mortensen-th/Mortensen_T.1925small.pdf
page(s): 272 [details]
page(s): 115 [details]
original description (of Astropecten primigenius Mortensen, 1925) Mortensen, T. (1925). Papers from Dr. Th. Mortensen's Pacific Expedition 1914-16. XXIX. Echinoderms of New Zealand and the Auckland-Campbell Islands. III-V. Asteroidea, Holothuroidea and Crinoidea. <em>Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk naturhistorisk Forening i København.</em> 79(15): 261-420., available online at http://www.taxonomy.be/gti_abctaxa/downloads/additional-information-volume-1/works-famous-holothuroid-workers/mortensen-th/Mortensen_T.1925small.pdf
page(s): 272 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
