MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Pythonaster Sladen in Thomson & Murray, 1885

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Pythonaster Sladen in Thomson & Murray, 1885

AphiaID

123330 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:123330)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Myxasteridae Perrier, 1885

Direct children (3)

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Species Pythonaster atlantidis A.H. Clark, 1948
Species Pythonaster murrayi Sladen, 1889
Species Pythonaster pacificus Downey, 1979

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Sladen, W.P. (1889). Report on the Asteroidea. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–1876. Zoology. 30 (part 51): xlii + 893 pages, 118 plates., available online at http://www.19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-51/README.htm
page(s): 532 [details]

Thomson, C.W.; Murray, J. (1885). Report on the scientific results of the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-76 under the command of Captain George S. Nares ... and the late Captain Frank Tourle Thomson, R.N. 1, part 2: i-viii, 511-1110., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49321624
page(s): 609; note: Sladen in Thomson & Murray (1885). Account by Thomson & Murray is brief and minimally descriptive Alternatively considered by Clark & Downey (1992) as author/date for this genus. Sladen (1889) is used...

Sladen in Thomson & Murray (1885). Account by Thomson & Murray is brief and minimally descriptive Alternatively considered by Clark & Downey (1992) as author/date for this genus. Sladen (1889) is used by A.M. Clark (1996) and Mah et al. (2011)

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Taxonomic citation

Mah, C.L. (2024). World Asteroidea Database. Pythonaster Sladen in Thomson & Murray, 1885. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=123330 on 2024-11-21

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Hansson, Hans

2008-01-21 08:09:52Z

changed

Mah, Christopher

2008-01-24 09:19:09Z

changed

Mah, Christopher

2008-01-27 10:18:46Z

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Mah, Christopher

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original description Sladen, W.P. (1889). Report on the Asteroidea. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–1876. Zoology. 30 (part 51): xlii + 893 pages, 118 plates., available online at http://www.19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-51/README.htm
page(s): 532 [details]

original description Thomson, C.W.; Murray, J. (1885). Report on the scientific results of the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-76 under the command of Captain George S. Nares ... and the late Captain Frank Tourle Thomson, R.N. 1, part 2: i-viii, 511-1110., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49321624
page(s): 609; note: Sladen in Thomson & Murray (1885). Account by Thomson & Murray is brief and minimally descriptive Alternatively considered by Clark & Downey (1992) as author/date for this genus. Sladen (1889) is used...

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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]

additional source Clark, A. M.; Downey, M. E. (1992). Starfishes of the Atlantic. Chapman & Hall Identification Guides, 3. Chapman & Hall. London, UK. ISBN 0-412-43280-3. xxvi, 794 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]

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