WoRMS taxon details
Nardoa variolata (Bruzelius, 1805)
212316 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:212316)
accepted
Species
Asterias variolata Bruzelius, 1805 · unaccepted
Linckia variolata (Bruzelius, 1805) · unaccepted
Melia variolata (Bruzelius, 1805) · unaccepted
Nardoa agassizi Gray, 1840 · unaccepted (synonym according to Sladen (1889))
Scytaster variolatus (Bruzelius, 1805) · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Asterias variolata Bruzelius, 1805) Bruzelius, N. (1805). Dissertatio sistens species cognitas asteriarum, quam. sub praesidio D. M. And. J. Retzii. pro laurea modeste exhibet Nicolaus Bruzelius. 1-37. Lundae., available online at https://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/id/PPN634528459
page(s): 19 [details]
page(s): 19 [details]
Description Colour in life: granules between plates mid brown, rest black, abactinal surface light grey-brown.
Eaten by shrimp...
Eaten by shrimp...
Description Colour in life: granules between plates mid brown, rest black, abactinal surface light grey-brown.
Eaten by shrimp Hymenocera elegans (Gnathophyllidae) which sits on the aboral surface and eats the arm tips (Humphreys, 1981).
General distribution: westrn Indian Ocean (Tortonese, 1980). [details]
Eaten by shrimp Hymenocera elegans (Gnathophyllidae) which sits on the aboral surface and eats the arm tips (Humphreys, 1981).
General distribution: westrn Indian Ocean (Tortonese, 1980). [details]
Mah, C.L. (2025). World Asteroidea Database. Nardoa variolata (Bruzelius, 1805). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=212316 on 2025-05-03
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2000-09-11 07:17:12Z
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Garcia, Maria
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Nardoa agassizi Gray, 1840) Gray, J.E. (1840). XXXII. A synopsis of the genera and species of the class Hypostoma (<i>Asterias</i>, Linnaeus). <em>Annals of the Magazine of Natural History.</em> 6: 275-290., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2336044#page/309/mode/1up
page(s): 287 [details]
original description (of Asterias variolata Bruzelius, 1805) Bruzelius, N. (1805). Dissertatio sistens species cognitas asteriarum, quam. sub praesidio D. M. And. J. Retzii. pro laurea modeste exhibet Nicolaus Bruzelius. 1-37. Lundae., available online at https://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/id/PPN634528459
page(s): 19 [details]
basis of record Clark, A. M.; Rowe, F. W. E. (1971). Monograph of shallow-water indo-west Pacific Echinoderms. <em>Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History).</em> London. x + 238 p. + 30 pls., available online at http://www.abctaxa.be/downloads/additional-information-volume-1/works-famous-holothuroid-workers/fwe-rowe/MonographIndoWestPacific.pdf [details]
page(s): 287 [details]
original description (of Asterias variolata Bruzelius, 1805) Bruzelius, N. (1805). Dissertatio sistens species cognitas asteriarum, quam. sub praesidio D. M. And. J. Retzii. pro laurea modeste exhibet Nicolaus Bruzelius. 1-37. Lundae., available online at https://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/id/PPN634528459
page(s): 19 [details]
basis of record Clark, A. M.; Rowe, F. W. E. (1971). Monograph of shallow-water indo-west Pacific Echinoderms. <em>Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History).</em> London. x + 238 p. + 30 pls., available online at http://www.abctaxa.be/downloads/additional-information-volume-1/works-famous-holothuroid-workers/fwe-rowe/MonographIndoWestPacific.pdf [details]
Other
additional source
Décary, R. (1924). Liste d'echinodermes receuillis a Madagascar. <em>Bulletin de l'academie Malgache nouvelle serie.</em> 4:38-41. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Description Colour in life: granules between plates mid brown, rest black, abactinal surface light grey-brown.Eaten by shrimp Hymenocera elegans (Gnathophyllidae) which sits on the aboral surface and eats the arm tips (Humphreys, 1981).
General distribution: westrn Indian Ocean (Tortonese, 1980). [details]
Remark Described by Gray according to Simpson & Brown (1910), by Linck according to Ludwig (1899).
In family Linckiidae in Tortonese (1980). [details]
To Barcode of Life (6 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (23 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (28 publications) (from synonym Asterias variolata Bruzelius, 1805)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (35 publications) (from synonym Scytaster variolatus (Bruzelius, 1805))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Nardoa variolata)
To Flickr
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 4 proteins)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 4 proteins) (from synonym Nardoa agassizi Gray, 1840)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 4 proteins) (from synonym Asterias variolata Bruzelius, 1805)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (23 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (28 publications) (from synonym Asterias variolata Bruzelius, 1805)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (35 publications) (from synonym Scytaster variolatus (Bruzelius, 1805))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Nardoa variolata)
To Flickr
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 4 proteins)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 4 proteins) (from synonym Nardoa agassizi Gray, 1840)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 4 proteins) (from synonym Asterias variolata Bruzelius, 1805)
