World Register of Deep-Sea species - Mariaster giganteus (Goto, 1914)

Asteroidea taxon details

Mariaster giganteus (Goto, 1914)

AphiaID

368828 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:368828)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Mariaster A.H. Clark, 1916

Original name

Johannaster giganteus Goto, 1914

Synonymised names

Johannaster giganteus Goto, 1914 · unaccepted

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

(of Johannaster giganteus Goto, 1914) Goto, S. (1914). A descriptive monograph of Japanese Asteroidea. 1. Journal of the College of Science, Imperial University of Tokyo 29: 1-808, plates 1-19., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7068310
page(s): 361 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Mah, C.L. (2025). World Asteroidea Database. Mariaster giganteus (Goto, 1914). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Asteroidea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=368828 on 2025-05-07

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2008-10-23 02:03:00Z

created

Mah, Christopher

[taxonomic tree]

original description (of Johannaster giganteus Goto, 1914) Goto, S. (1914). A descriptive monograph of Japanese Asteroidea. 1. Journal of the College of Science, Imperial University of Tokyo 29: 1-808, plates 1-19., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7068310
page(s): 361 [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Definitions

To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (1 record)