The World Asteroidea Database - Solaster arctica Verrill, 1914

Asteroidea taxon details

Solaster arctica Verrill, 1914

AphiaID

1789287 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1789287)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Solaster Forbes, 1839

Original name

Solaster dawsoni var. arctica Verrill, 1914

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Verrill, A.E. (1914). Monograph of the shallow-water starfishes of the North Pacific coast from the Arctic Ocean to California. Harriman Alaska series: US National Museum 14: 1-408 pp., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/20755223
page(s): 253 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Mah, C.L. (2025). World Asteroidea Database. Solaster arctica Verrill, 1914. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/Asteroidea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1789287 on 2025-04-30

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2025-01-03 23:34:15Z

created

Mah, Christopher

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Sources (2)
Attributes (3)

original description Verrill, A.E. (1914). Monograph of the shallow-water starfishes of the North Pacific coast from the Arctic Ocean to California. Harriman Alaska series: US National Museum 14: 1-408 pp., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/20755223
page(s): 253 [details]

original description (of Solaster dawsoni var. arctica Verrill, 1914) Verrill, A.E. (1914). Monograph of the shallow-water starfishes of the North Pacific coast from the Arctic Ocean to California. Harriman Alaska series: US National Museum 14: 1-408 pp., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/20755223
page(s): 253 [details]

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