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Sphaeriodiscus ammophilus (Fisher, 1906)

368852  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:368852)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Echinodermata (Phylum)
  4. Asterozoa (Subphylum)
  5. Asteroidea (Class)
  6. Ambuloasteroidea (Subclass)
  7. Neoasteroidea (Infraclass)
  8. Valvatacea (Superorder)
  9. Valvatida (Order)
  10. Goniasteridae (Family)
  11. Sphaeriodiscus (Genus)
  12. Sphaeriodiscus ammophilus (Species)
accepted
Species
Pentagonaster ammophilus Fisher, 1906 · unaccepted (Synonym according to Halpern (1970))
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Pentagonaster ammophilus Fisher, 1906) Fisher, W.K. (1906). The starfishes of the Hawaiian islands. Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission, 23: 987-1130., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51691707
page(s): 1051 [details] 
Holotype  (of Pentagonaster ammophilus Fisher, 1906)...  
Holotype (of Pentagonaster ammophilus Fisher, 1906) USNM 21162 [details]
Mah, C.L. (2025). World Asteroidea Database. Sphaeriodiscus ammophilus (Fisher, 1906). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=368852 on 2025-05-13
Date
action
by
2008-10-23 03:57:33Z
created
Mah, Christopher
2009-11-21 05:39:09Z
changed
Mah, Christopher

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Nomenclature

original description (of Pentagonaster ammophilus Fisher, 1906) Fisher, W.K. (1906). The starfishes of the Hawaiian islands. Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission, 23: 987-1130., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51691707
page(s): 1051 [details] 

Other

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

 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Holotype (of Pentagonaster ammophilus Fisher, 1906) USNM 21162 [details]
Paratype (of Pentagonaster ammophilus Fisher, 1906) USNM 31305 [details]
Paratype (of Pentagonaster ammophilus Fisher, 1906) USNM 31414 [details]
Paratype (of Pentagonaster ammophilus Fisher, 1906) USNM E4456 [details]
Paratype (of Pentagonaster ammophilus Fisher, 1906) USNM E9671 [details]
Unreviewed
Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
    Definitions

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To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Pentagonaster ammophilus Fisher, 1906)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) 
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (5 records) (from synonym Pentagonaster ammophilus Fisher, 1906)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (Holotype USNM 21162) (from synonym Pentagonaster ammophilus Fisher, 1906)
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