WoRMS taxon details
Pythonaster Sladen in Thomson & Murray, 1885
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Sladen, W.P. (1889). Report on the Asteroidea. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–1876. Zoology.</em> 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...
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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)
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 2024-11-12
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original description
Sladen, W.P. (1889). Report on the Asteroidea. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–1876. Zoology.</em> 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, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i>. 50: pp. 336-351. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Clark, A. M.; Downey, M. E. (1992). Starfishes of the Atlantic. <i>Chapman & Hall Identification Guides</i>, 3. Chapman & Hall. London, UK. ISBN 0-412-43280-3. xxvi, 794 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
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...
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)
basis of record Hansson, H.G. (2001). Echinodermata, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i>. 50: pp. 336-351. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Clark, A. M.; Downey, M. E. (1992). Starfishes of the Atlantic. <i>Chapman & Hall Identification Guides</i>, 3. Chapman & Hall. London, UK. ISBN 0-412-43280-3. xxvi, 794 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
