The World Asteroidea Database - Asterias margaritifera Brandt in Fisher, 1930

WoRMS name details

Asterias margaritifera Brandt in Fisher, 1930

AphiaID

379525 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:379525)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (Synonym according to Fisher (1930))

Accepted name

Pisaster ochraceus (Brandt, 1835)

Rank

Species

Parent

Asterias Linnaeus, 1758

Original name

Asterias margaritifera Brandt in Fisher, 1930

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

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
page(s): 167 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Mah, C.L. (2025). World Asteroidea Database. Asterias margaritifera Brandt in Fisher, 1930. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=379525 on 2025-05-03

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2009-01-03 23:20:49Z

created

Mah, Christopher

2025-04-04 19:38:29Z

changed

Mah, Christopher

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description 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
page(s): 167 [details]

From editor or global species database

Synonymy Name from label, so possibly MS comb. Asteracanthion margaritifer Muller & Troschel, 1842, also from Sitka, Alaska, a synonym of Pisaster ochraceus (Brandt, 1835) according to Fisher (1930). [details]