WoRMS taxon details
Pisaster brevispinus (Stimpson, 1857)
240757 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:240757)
accepted
Species
Asterias brevispina Stimpson, 1857 · unaccepted
Asterias papulosa Verrill, 1909 · unaccepted (Synonym according to Fisher (1930))
Asterias paucispina Stimpson, 1862 · unaccepted
Pisaster brevispinus f. paucispina (Stimpson, 1861) · unaccepted (reduced to forma by Fisher (1930))
Pisaster papulosus (Verrill, 1909) · unaccepted (Synonym according to Fisher...)
Synonym according to Fisher (1926, 1930)
Pisaster paucispinus (Stimpson, 1862) · unaccepted
- Forma Pisaster brevispinus f. paucispina (Stimpson, 1861) accepted as Pisaster brevispinus (Stimpson, 1857) (reduced to forma by Fisher (1930))
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Asterias brevispina Stimpson, 1857) Stimpson, W. (1857). On the Crustacea and Echinodermata of the Pacific shores of North America. <em>Boston Journal of Natural History.</em> 6: 444-532, pls. 18-23 [preprint issued April 1857, journal edition 1858]., available online at https://archive.org/stream/crustaceaechinod00stim#page/n3/mode/2up
page(s): 88 [details]
page(s): 88 [details]
Mah, C.L. (2026). World Asteroidea Database. Pisaster brevispinus (Stimpson, 1857). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=240757 on 2026-09-25
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Asterias brevispina Stimpson, 1857) Stimpson, W. (1857). On the Crustacea and Echinodermata of the Pacific shores of North America. <em>Boston Journal of Natural History.</em> 6: 444-532, pls. 18-23 [preprint issued April 1857, journal edition 1858]., available online at https://archive.org/stream/crustaceaechinod00stim#page/n3/mode/2up
page(s): 88 [details]
original description (of Asterias paucispina Stimpson, 1862) Stimpson, W. (1862). On new genera and species of starfishes of the family Pycnopodidae (<i>Asteracanthion</i> Mueller & Troschel). <em>Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural HIstory.</em> 8: 261-273., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9492675
page(s): 266 [details]
original description (of Pisaster paucispinus (Stimpson, 1862)) Stimpson, W. (1862). On new genera and species of starfishes of the family Pycnopodidae (<i>Asteracanthion</i> Mueller & Troschel). <em>Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural HIstory.</em> 8: 261-273., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9492675
page(s): 266 [details]
original description (of Pisaster papulosus (Verrill, 1909)) Verrill, A.E. (1909). Description of new genera and species of starfishes from the North Pacific coast of America. American Journal of Science 28: 59-70., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40247723
page(s): 63 [details]
original description (of Asterias papulosa Verrill, 1909) Verrill, A.E. (1909). Description of new genera and species of starfishes from the North Pacific coast of America. American Journal of Science 28: 59-70., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40247723
page(s): 63 [details]
basis of record Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
page(s): 88 [details]
original description (of Asterias paucispina Stimpson, 1862) Stimpson, W. (1862). On new genera and species of starfishes of the family Pycnopodidae (<i>Asteracanthion</i> Mueller & Troschel). <em>Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural HIstory.</em> 8: 261-273., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9492675
page(s): 266 [details]
original description (of Pisaster paucispinus (Stimpson, 1862)) Stimpson, W. (1862). On new genera and species of starfishes of the family Pycnopodidae (<i>Asteracanthion</i> Mueller & Troschel). <em>Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural HIstory.</em> 8: 261-273., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9492675
page(s): 266 [details]
original description (of Pisaster papulosus (Verrill, 1909)) Verrill, A.E. (1909). Description of new genera and species of starfishes from the North Pacific coast of America. American Journal of Science 28: 59-70., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40247723
page(s): 63 [details]
original description (of Asterias papulosa Verrill, 1909) Verrill, A.E. (1909). Description of new genera and species of starfishes from the North Pacific coast of America. American Journal of Science 28: 59-70., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40247723
page(s): 63 [details]
basis of record Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
Other
additional source
Fisher, W.K. (1930). Asteroidea of the North Pacific and Adjacent Waters, Pt. 3: Forcipulata (Concluded). Bulletin of the United States National Museum 76: 1-356.Pls. 1-93., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7871861#page/5/mode/1up [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | pink stars | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (11 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (24 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Pisaster paucispinus (Stimpson, 1862))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Pisaster brevispinus)
To GenBank (696 nucleotides; 51 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Asterias brevispina USNM 1285 - Dorsal) (from synonym Asterias brevispina Stimpson, 1857)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Asterias brevispina USNM 1285 - ventral) (from synonym Asterias brevispina Stimpson, 1857)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Asterias paucispina USNM 1286 - Dorsal) (from synonym Asterias paucispina Stimpson, 1862)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Asterias paucispina USNM 1286 - Ventral) (from synonym Asterias paucispina Stimpson, 1862)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (2 records) (from synonym Asterias paucispina Stimpson, 1862)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (50 records)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (Holotype USNM 1285) (from synonym Asterias brevispina Stimpson, 1857)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (Holotype USNM 1286) (from synonym Asterias paucispina Stimpson, 1862)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 009814.EC)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 083169) (from synonym Asterias papulosa Verrill, 1909)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (24 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Pisaster paucispinus (Stimpson, 1862))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Pisaster brevispinus)
To GenBank (696 nucleotides; 51 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Asterias brevispina USNM 1285 - Dorsal) (from synonym Asterias brevispina Stimpson, 1857)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Asterias brevispina USNM 1285 - ventral) (from synonym Asterias brevispina Stimpson, 1857)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Asterias paucispina USNM 1286 - Dorsal) (from synonym Asterias paucispina Stimpson, 1862)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Asterias paucispina USNM 1286 - Ventral) (from synonym Asterias paucispina Stimpson, 1862)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (2 records) (from synonym Asterias paucispina Stimpson, 1862)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (50 records)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (Holotype USNM 1285) (from synonym Asterias brevispina Stimpson, 1857)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (Holotype USNM 1286) (from synonym Asterias paucispina Stimpson, 1862)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 009814.EC)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 083169) (from synonym Asterias papulosa Verrill, 1909)
To ITIS
