Pisaster brevispinus
creator: Vanden Berghe, Edward
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: Pisaster brevispinus (Stimpson, 1857)
type: ScientificName
bibliographic citation: Mah, C.L. (2026). World Asteroidea Database. Pisaster brevispinus (Stimpson, 1857). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=240757 on 2026-08-29
created: 2007-06-03T17:46:28Z
modified: 2008-10-22T06:46:32Z
replaces: 379079
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replaces: 378996
replaces: 378997
rights holder: WoRMS Editorial Board
scientific name: Pisaster brevispinus (Stimpson, 1857)
class: Asteroidea
family: Asteriidae
genus: Pisaster
kingdom: Animalia
name published in: Stimpson, W. (1857). On the Crustacea and Echinodermata of the Pacific shores of North America. Boston Journal of Natural History. 6: 444-532, pls. 18-23 [preprint issued April 1857, journal edition 1858].
name published in: Stimpson, W. (1862). On new genera and species of starfishes of the family Pycnopodidae (Asteracanthion Mueller & Troschel). Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural HIstory. 8: 261-273.
name published in: Verrill, A.E. (1909). Description of new genera and species of starfishes from the North Pacific coast of America. American Journal of Science 28: 59-70.
name published in year: 1857
name published in year: 1862
name published in year: 1909
order: Forcipulatida
parent name usage ID: 240754
phylum: Echinodermata
scientific name authorship: (Stimpson, 1857)
specific epithet: brevispinus
taxon rank: Species
taxonomic status: accepted