MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Pteraster (Temnaster) hexactis Verrill, 1894

Deep-Sea name details

Pteraster (Temnaster) hexactis Verrill, 1894

AphiaID

125172 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:125172)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (synonym)

Accepted Name

Temnaster hexactis (Verrill, 1894) accepted as Pteraster obscurus (Perrier, 1891)

Rank

Species

Parent

Pteraster (Temnaster) Verrill, 1894 accepted as Temnaster Verrill, 1894 accepted as Pteraster Müller & Troschel, 1842

Original name

Pteraster (Temnaster) hexactis Verrill, 1894

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Verrill, A. E. (1894). Descriptions of new species of starfishes and ophiurans, with a revision of certain species formerly described; mostly from the collections made by the United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries. Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 17(1000), 245-297., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15675247
page(s): 275 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Mah, C.L. (2024). World Asteroidea Database. Pteraster (Temnaster) hexactis Verrill, 1894. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2024) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=125172 on 2024-11-05

Thematic species database citation

Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2024). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Pteraster (Temnaster) hexactis Verrill, 1894. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/DeepSea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=125172 on 2024-11-05

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Hansson, Hans

2009-01-30 03:03:03Z

changed

Mah, Christopher

2017-06-14 12:40:12Z

changed

Mah, Christopher

[taxonomic tree]

original description Verrill, A. E. (1894). Descriptions of new species of starfishes and ophiurans, with a revision of certain species formerly described; mostly from the collections made by the United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries. Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 17(1000), 245-297., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15675247
page(s): 275 [details]

context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]

basis of record Hansson, H.G. (2001). Echinodermata, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,. 50: pp. 336-351. (look up in IMIS) [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

To PESI