Marine Species Traits - Recurvaster radiatus (Spencer, 1914) †

Asteroidea taxon details

Recurvaster radiatus (Spencer, 1914) †

AphiaID

1394167 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1394167)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Type taxon of

Recurvaster Nielsen, 1943 †

Parent

Recurvaster Nielsen, 1943 †

Original name

Metopaster tumidus var. radiatus Spencer, 1914 †

Synonymised names

Metopaster tumidus var. radiatus Spencer, 1914 † · unaccepted

Environment

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

Fossil range

fossil only

Original description

(of Metopaster tumidus var. radiatus Spencer, 1914 †) Spencer, W. K. (1914). The Evolution of the Cretaceous Asteroidea. <em>Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences.</em> 204(303-312): 99-177., available online at https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1098/rstb.1914.0004
page(s): 113, pl.14 fig. 3, pl.15 figs 3, 5 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Mah, C.L. (2025). World Asteroidea Database. Recurvaster radiatus (Spencer, 1914) †. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Asteroidea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1394167 on 2025-06-07

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2019-12-24 16:10:02Z

created

Mah, Christopher

2021-07-24 02:29:37Z

changed

Mah, Christopher

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Attributes (3)

original description (of Metopaster tumidus var. radiatus Spencer, 1914 †) Spencer, W. K. (1914). The Evolution of the Cretaceous Asteroidea. <em>Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences.</em> 204(303-312): 99-177., available online at https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1098/rstb.1914.0004
page(s): 113, pl.14 fig. 3, pl.15 figs 3, 5 [details]

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