Echinaster (Echinaster) modestus
creator: Aracina, Claudia
creator: Mah, Christopher
date: 2026-08-29
language: en
license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
publisher: World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS)
relation: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php
subject: Echinaster (Echinaster) modestus Perrier, 1881
type: ScientificName
bibliographic citation: Mah, C.L. (2026). World Asteroidea Database. Echinaster (Echinaster) modestus Perrier, 1881. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=178740 on 2026-08-29
created: 2005-08-05T09:22:50Z
modified: 2009-01-30T04:03:03Z
replaces: 369081
rights holder: WoRMS Editorial Board
scientific name: Echinaster (Echinaster) modestus Perrier, 1881
class: Asteroidea
family: Echinasteridae
genus: Echinaster
kingdom: Animalia
name published in: Perrier, E. (1881). Report on the Results of dredging in the Gulf of Mexico and in the Caribbean Sea, 1877-79, by the United States Coastal Survey Steamer Blake. 14. Description sommaire des espèces nouvelles d'Astéries. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. 9: 1-31.
name published in year: 1881
order: Spinulosida
parent name usage ID: 123640
phylum: Echinodermata
scientific name authorship: Perrier, 1881
specific epithet: modestus
subgenus: Echinaster
taxon rank: Species
taxonomic status: accepted