WoRMS taxon details
Tethyaster vestitus magnificus (Bell, 1881)
178720 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:178720)
accepted
Subspecies
Archaster magnificus Bell, 1881 · unaccepted
Moiraster magnificus (Bell, 1881) · unaccepted
Tethyaster magnificus (Bell, 1881) · alternative representation (A subspecies of Tethyaster...)
A subspecies of Tethyaster vestitus according to Clark and Downey (1992)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Not documented
Mah, C.L. (2025). World Asteroidea Database. Tethyaster vestitus magnificus (Bell, 1881). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=178720 on 2025-04-16
Date
action
by
2005-08-04 14:20:09Z
created
Aracina, Claudia
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Archaster magnificus Bell, 1881) Bell, F.J. (1881). XLV. Description of a new species of the genus <i>Archaster</i> from St. Helena. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> 5th series, v. 8: 440-441., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30038384#page/478/mode/1up
page(s): 440 [details]
basis of record 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): 440 [details]
basis of record 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 Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
