The World Asteroidea Database - Brisingenes mimica (Fisher, 1916)

Asteroidea taxon details

Brisingenes mimica (Fisher, 1916)

AphiaID

368513 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:368513)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Brisingenes Fisher, 1917

Original name

Brisinga mimica Fisher, 1916

Synonymised names

Brisinga mimica Fisher, 1916 · unaccepted

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

(of Brisinga mimica Fisher, 1916) Fisher, W. K. (1916). New east Indian starfishes. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 29: 27-36., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3336489
page(s): 32 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Mah, C.L. (2025). World Asteroidea Database. Brisingenes mimica (Fisher, 1916). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/asteroidea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=368513 on 2026-08-17

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2008-10-18 04:20:59Z

created

Mah, Christopher

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original description (of Brisinga mimica Fisher, 1916) Fisher, W. K. (1916). New east Indian starfishes. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 29: 27-36., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3336489
page(s): 32 [details]

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

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Definitions

To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (Holotype USNM 37021) (from synonym Brisinga mimica Fisher, 1916)