The World Asteroidea Database - Pillsburiaster ernesti (Ludwig, 1905)

Deep-Sea taxon details

Pillsburiaster ernesti (Ludwig, 1905)

AphiaID

368840 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:368840)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Pillsburiaster Halpern, 1970

Original name

Pentagonaster ernesti Ludwig, 1905

Synonymised names

Pentagonaster ernesti Ludwig, 1905 · unaccepted

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

(of Pentagonaster ernesti Ludwig, 1905) Ludwig, H. (1905). Asteroidea. <em>Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard.</em> 32: vii-xii, 1-292+ plates., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28866803
page(s): 136 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Mah, C.L. (2025). World Asteroidea Database. Pillsburiaster ernesti (Ludwig, 1905). Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=368840 on 2025-05-17

Thematic species database citation

Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Pillsburiaster ernesti (Ludwig, 1905). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=368840 on 2025-05-17

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2008-10-23 02:03:00Z

created

Mah, Christopher

[taxonomic tree]

original description (of Pentagonaster ernesti Ludwig, 1905) Ludwig, H. (1905). Asteroidea. <em>Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard.</em> 32: vii-xii, 1-292+ plates., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28866803
page(s): 136 [details]

context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Definitions

To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Pentagonaster ernesti Ludwig, 1905)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (1 record) (from synonym Pentagonaster ernesti Ludwig, 1905)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (2 records)