WoRMS taxon details
original description
(of Archaster florae Verrill, 1878) Verrill, A. E. (1878). Art. 46. Notice of recent additions to the marine fauna of the eastern coast of North America, No. 2. <em>American Journal of Science and Arts.</em> 16(95):371-378., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36841652 page(s): 372 [details]
basis of record
Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. <em>Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126.</em> 405 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source
Clark, A. M.; Downey, M. E. (1992). Starfishes of the Atlantic. <i>Chapman & Hall Identification Guides</i>, 3. Chapman & Hall. London, UK. ISBN 0-412-43280-3. xxvi, 794 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source
Pawson, D. L., D. J. Vance, C. G. Messing, F. A. Solis-Marin & C. L. Mah. (2009). Echinodermata of the Gulf of Mexico. <em>Pp. 1177–1204 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota.</em> Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College S. [details]
From editor or global species database
Taxonomy Possibly only a variety of Psilaster andromeda according to Verrill (1894); a synonym according to Mortensen (1927) but treated as a valid species by Downey (1973) [details]From other sources
Distribution Laurentian Channel (bathyal zone)(=Honguedo Strait), lower Laurentian Channel (bathyal zone as far as the Cabot Strait: Cape North, N.S., St. Paul Island to Cape Ray, NL..), Magdalen Islands (from eastern Bradelle valley to the west, as far as Cape North, including the Cape Breton Channel); southern Gaspe waters (Baie des Chaleurs, Gaspe Bay to American, Orphan and Bradelle banks; eastern boundary: eastern Bradelle valley) [details]
Habitat bathyal and circalittoral of the Gulf and estuary [details]
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