The World Asteroidea Database - Cosmasterias alba (Bell, 1881)

WoRMS name details

Cosmasterias alba (Bell, 1881)

AphiaID

378904 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:378904)

Classification

Status

uncertain > nomen dubium

Rank

Species

Parent

Cosmasterias Sladen, 1889

Original name

Asterias alba Bell, 1881

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Bell, F. J. (1881). Account of the Echinodermata collected during the Survey of H.M.S. "Alert" in the Straits of Magellan and on the Coast of Patagonia. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. p. 87-101, p. VIII & IX., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30759196 [details]

(of Asterias alba Bell, 1881) Bell, F. J. (1881). Account of the Echinodermata collected during the Survey of H.M.S. "Alert" in the Straits of Magellan and on the Coast of Patagonia. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. p. 87-101, p. VIII & IX., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30759196
page(s): 92 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Mah, C.L. (2025). World Asteroidea Database. Cosmasterias alba (Bell, 1881). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=378904 on 2025-05-03

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2008-12-28 23:54:02Z

created

Mah, Christopher

2023-12-28 20:03:49Z

changed

Mah, Christopher

Licensing

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Notes (2)

Nomenclature

original description Bell, F. J. (1881). Account of the Echinodermata collected during the Survey of H.M.S. "Alert" in the Straits of Magellan and on the Coast of Patagonia. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. p. 87-101, p. VIII & IX., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30759196 [details]

original description (of Asterias alba Bell, 1881) Bell, F. J. (1881). Account of the Echinodermata collected during the Survey of H.M.S. "Alert" in the Straits of Magellan and on the Coast of Patagonia. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. p. 87-101, p. VIII & IX., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30759196
page(s): 92 [details]

From editor or global species database

Additional information Probably a misprint of Cosmasterias alba (Bell, 1881) [details]

Additional information Note that in Clark's checklist under Cosmasterias "alba" Bell 1891: 91 she has misquoted the date of the original species citation. It is 1881 and not 1891.. and thus definitively a synonym of C. lurida. [details]