MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Urasterias Verrill, 1909

WoRMS taxon details

Urasterias Verrill, 1909

Urasterias lincki-thawed

AphiaID

123231 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:123231)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Typetaxon

Asteracanthion lincki Müller & Troschel, 1842 accepted as Urasterias lincki (Müller & Troschel, 1842)

Parent

Asteriidae Gray, 1840

Synonymised names

Asterias (Urasterias) Verrill, 1909 · unaccepted

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Species Urasterias lincki (Müller & Troschel, 1842)
Species Urasterias enopla (Verrill, 1895) accepted as Urasterias lincki (Müller & Troschel, 1842) (synonym according to Downey in Clark & Downey (1992))

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Verrill, A.E. (1909). Description of new genera and species of starfishes from the North Pacific coast of America. American Journal of Science 28: 59-70., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40247723
page(s): 67 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Mah, C.L. (2024). World Asteroidea Database. Urasterias Verrill, 1909. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=123231 on 2024-11-26

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Hansson, Hans

2008-12-29 02:59:07Z

changed

Mah, Christopher

Licensing

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original description Verrill, A.E. (1909). Description of new genera and species of starfishes from the North Pacific coast of America. American Journal of Science 28: 59-70., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40247723
page(s): 67 [details]

original description (of Asterias (Urasterias) Verrill, 1909) Verrill, A.E. (1909). Description of new genera and species of starfishes from the North Pacific coast of America. American Journal of Science 28: 59-70., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40247723
page(s): 67 [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]

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]

additional source Hansson, H. (2004). North East Atlantic Taxa (NEAT): Nematoda. Internet pdf Ed. Aug 1998., available online at http://www.tmbl.gu.se/libdb/taxon/taxa.html [details] Available for editors