WoRMS taxon details
Doraster constellatus Downey, 1970
178770 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:178770)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Downey, M. E. (1970). Zorocallida, new order, and Doraster constellatus, new genus and species, with notes on the Zoroasteridae (Echinodermata; Asteroidea). <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology.</em> (64): 1-18., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.64 [details] Available for editors 
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Mah, C.L. (2025). World Asteroidea Database. Doraster constellatus Downey, 1970. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=178770 on 2025-04-16
Date
action
by
2005-08-05 07:22:50Z
created
Aracina, Claudia
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Nomenclature
original description
Downey, M. E. (1970). Zorocallida, new order, and Doraster constellatus, new genus and species, with notes on the Zoroasteridae (Echinodermata; Asteroidea). <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology.</em> (64): 1-18., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.64 [details] Available for editors [request]
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]
[request]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]
Other
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
additional source Pawson, D. L., D. J. Vance, C. G. Messing, F. A. Solis-Marin & C. L. Mah. (2009). Echinodermata of the Gulf of Mexico. <em>Pp. 1177–1204 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota.</em> Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College S. [details]
additional source Pawson, D. L., D. J. Vance, C. G. Messing, F. A. Solis-Marin & C. L. Mah. (2009). Echinodermata of the Gulf of Mexico. <em>Pp. 1177–1204 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota.</em> Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College S. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (3 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Doraster constellatus)
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Doraster constellatus USNM E11352 - dorsal)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (56 records)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (Holotype USNM 11352)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Doraster constellatus)
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Doraster constellatus USNM E11352 - dorsal)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (56 records)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (Holotype USNM 11352)
