WoRMS name details

Valvaster spinifera H.L. Clark, 1921

378566  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:378566)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Echinodermata (Phylum)
  4. Asterozoa (Subphylum)
  5. Asteroidea (Class)
  6. Ambuloasteroidea (Subclass)
  7. Neoasteroidea (Infraclass)
  8. Valvatacea (Superorder)
  9. Valvatida (Order)
  10. Asteropseidae (Family)
  11. Valvaster (Genus)
  12. Valvaster spinifera (Species)
 unaccepted (Synonym)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Clark, H. L. (1921). The echinoderm fauna of Torres Strait: its composition and its origin. <em>Department of Marine Biology of the Carnegie Institute.</em> 10: vi + 223, 38 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14515937
page(s): 102 [details] 
Mah, C.L. (2025). World Asteroidea Database. Valvaster spinifera H.L. Clark, 1921. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=378566 on 2025-05-04
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2008-12-23 04:29:04Z
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Mah, Christopher

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Nomenclature

original description Clark, H. L. (1921). The echinoderm fauna of Torres Strait: its composition and its origin. <em>Department of Marine Biology of the Carnegie Institute.</em> 10: vi + 223, 38 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14515937
page(s): 102 [details] 

From editor or global species database
Synonymy Possibly a synonym of Valvaster striatus according to A.M. Clark in Clark & Rowe (1971) and also Marsh (1974). [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) 

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