MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Asterias hispida Pennant, 1777

WoRMS name details

Asterias hispida Pennant, 1777

AphiaID

123743 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:123743)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (synonym)

Accepted name

Leptasterias (Leptasterias) muelleri celtica A.M. Clark in Clark & Downey, 1992

Rank

Species

Parent

Asterias Linnaeus, 1758

Original name

Asterias hispida Pennant, 1777

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Pennant, T. (1777). British Zoology, vol. IV. Crustacea. Mollusca. Testacea. London. i-viii, 1-154, pls. 1-93., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/127011
page(s): 62 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Mah, C.L. (2025). World Asteroidea Database. Asterias hispida Pennant, 1777. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=123743 on 2025-05-28

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Hansson, Hans

2009-01-02 07:36:37Z

changed

Mah, Christopher

Licensing

The webpage text is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License

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Nomenclature

original description Pennant, T. (1777). British Zoology, vol. IV. Crustacea. Mollusca. Testacea. London. i-viii, 1-154, pls. 1-93., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/127011
page(s): 62 [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]

From editor or global species database

Synonymy Synonym of Leptasterias muelleri (M. Sars, 1844) but proposed for suppression by Brun, 1970: 238; opinion 984, 1972: 115, suppressed under the plenary powers. [details]

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