Marine Species Traits - Belgicella Ludwig, 1903

WoRMS name details

Belgicella Ludwig, 1903

AphiaID

234875 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:234875)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (Synonymized by Zhang et al. 2023)

Accepted name

Freyella Perrier, 1885

Rank

Genus

Parent

Freyellidae Downey, 1986

Original name

Belgicella racowitzana Ludwig, 1903

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Species Belgicella racowitzana Ludwig, 1903 accepted as Freyella benthophila Sladen, 1889 (Synonymized by Zhang et al. 2023)

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Grammatical gender

feminine

Original description

Ludwig, H. (1903). Seesterne. Résultats du voyage du S.Y. Belgica en 1897-1898-1899. Rapports scientifiques. 1-72 and 7 plates., available online at http://www.vliz.be/nl/catalogus?module=ref&refid=20768
page(s): 59 [details]

(of Belgicella racowitzana Ludwig, 1903) Ludwig, H. (1903). Seesterne. Résultats du voyage du S.Y. Belgica en 1897-1898-1899. Rapports scientifiques. 1-72 and 7 plates., available online at http://www.vliz.be/nl/catalogus?module=ref&refid=20768
page(s): 59 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Mah, C.L. (2025). World Asteroidea Database. Belgicella Ludwig, 1903. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=234875 on 2025-07-08

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2006-12-04 08:41:33Z

created

Charbonneau, Danny

2008-01-21 08:09:52Z

changed

Mah, Christopher

2023-12-19 20:32:29Z

changed

Mah, Christopher

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Sources (4)

Nomenclature

original description Ludwig, H. (1903). Seesterne. Résultats du voyage du S.Y. Belgica en 1897-1898-1899. Rapports scientifiques. 1-72 and 7 plates., available online at http://www.vliz.be/nl/catalogus?module=ref&refid=20768
page(s): 59 [details]

original description (of Belgicella racowitzana Ludwig, 1903) Ludwig, H. (1903). Seesterne. Résultats du voyage du S.Y. Belgica en 1897-1898-1899. Rapports scientifiques. 1-72 and 7 plates., available online at http://www.vliz.be/nl/catalogus?module=ref&refid=20768
page(s): 59 [details]

basis of record Danis, B. & Jangoux, M. (2006). The SCAR-MarBIN Register of Antarctic Marine Species: Asteroidea. World Wide Web electronic publication., available online at https://www.marinespecies.org/rams/ramsasteroidea.php [details]

Other

additional source Clark, A. M.; Mah, C. (2001). An index of names of recent Asteroidea, part 4. Forcipulatida and Brisingida. In: Jangoux, M.; Lawrence, J.M. (Ed.) (1996). Echinoderm Studies. 6: 229-347. (look up in IMIS) [details]