The World Asteroidea Database - Astropecten brevispinus Sladen, 1883

Asteroidea taxon details

Astropecten brevispinus Sladen, 1883

AphiaID

368453 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:368453)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Astropecten Gray, 1840

Orig. name

Astropecten brevispinus Sladen, 1883

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Sladen, W.P. (1883) The Asteroidea of H.M.S. <i>Challenger</i> Expedition, pt. 2. Astropectinidae. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology 17: 214-269., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31628552
page(s): 249 [details]

Descriptive notes

Taxonomy Referred to Persephonaster by Goto (1914) but retained in Astropecten by Doderlein (1917) and John (1948)

Taxonomy Referred to Persephonaster by Goto (1914) but retained in Astropecten by Doderlein (1917) and John (1948) [details]

Taxonomic citation

Mah, C.L. (2024). World Asteroidea Database. Astropecten brevispinus Sladen, 1883. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Asteroidea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=368453 on 2024-04-19

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2008-10-17 04:40:47Z

created

Mah, Christopher

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Notes (1)

original description Sladen, W.P. (1883) The Asteroidea of H.M.S. <i>Challenger</i> Expedition, pt. 2. Astropectinidae. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology 17: 214-269., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31628552
page(s): 249 [details]

From editor or global species database

Taxonomy Referred to Persephonaster by Goto (1914) but retained in Astropecten by Doderlein (1917) and John (1948) [details]