WoRMS taxon details
Sclerasterias contorta (Perrier, 1881)
178804 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:178804)
accepted
Species
Asterias contorta Perrier, 1881 · unaccepted
Orthasterias contorta (Perrier, 1881) · unaccepted
Orthasterias subangulosa Verrill, 1914 · unaccepted
Stylasterias contorta (Perrier, 1881) · unaccepted
Stylasterias subangulosa Verrill, 1914 · unaccepted (Synonym according to Fisher (1928))
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Asterias contorta Perrier, 1881) Perrier, E. (1881). Report on the Results of dredging in the Gulf of Mexico and in the Caribbean Sea, 1877-79, by the United States Coastal Survey Steamer Blake. 14. Description sommaire des espèces nouvelles d'Astéries. <em>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology.</em> 9: 1-31., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6353244#page/9/mode/1up
page(s): 1 [details]
page(s): 1 [details]
Mah, C.L. (2025). World Asteroidea Database. Sclerasterias contorta (Perrier, 1881). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=178804 on 2025-04-05
Date
action
by
2005-08-05 07:22:50Z
created
Aracina, Claudia
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Stylasterias subangulosa Verrill, 1914) Verrill, A.E. (1914). Monograph of the shallow-water starfishes of the North Pacific coast from the Arctic Ocean to California. Harriman Alaska series: US National Museum 14: 1-408 pp., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/20755223 [details]
original description (of Orthasterias subangulosa Verrill, 1914) Verrill, A.E. (1914). Monograph of the shallow-water starfishes of the North Pacific coast from the Arctic Ocean to California. Harriman Alaska series: US National Museum 14: 1-408 pp., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/20755223 [details]
original description (of Asterias contorta Perrier, 1881) Perrier, E. (1881). Report on the Results of dredging in the Gulf of Mexico and in the Caribbean Sea, 1877-79, by the United States Coastal Survey Steamer Blake. 14. Description sommaire des espèces nouvelles d'Astéries. <em>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology.</em> 9: 1-31., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6353244#page/9/mode/1up
page(s): 1 [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]
original description (of Orthasterias subangulosa Verrill, 1914) Verrill, A.E. (1914). Monograph of the shallow-water starfishes of the North Pacific coast from the Arctic Ocean to California. Harriman Alaska series: US National Museum 14: 1-408 pp., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/20755223 [details]
original description (of Asterias contorta Perrier, 1881) Perrier, E. (1881). Report on the Results of dredging in the Gulf of Mexico and in the Caribbean Sea, 1877-79, by the United States Coastal Survey Steamer Blake. 14. Description sommaire des espèces nouvelles d'Astéries. <em>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology.</em> 9: 1-31., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6353244#page/9/mode/1up
page(s): 1 [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]
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 Fisher, W.K. (1924). The genus <i>Sclerasterias</i> Perrier. Bulletin de Institut Oceanographique, Monaco 414(3): 1-8 [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 Fisher, W.K. (1924). The genus <i>Sclerasterias</i> Perrier. Bulletin de Institut Oceanographique, Monaco 414(3): 1-8 [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
Syntype (of Asterias contorta Perrier, 1881) MNHN EcAh 4634 [details]
Syntype (of Asterias contorta Perrier, 1881) MNHN EcAh 4635 [details]
To Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Asterias contorta Perrier, 1881)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Sclerasterias contorta)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
To MNHN Type collection (IE 2014-108) (from synonym Asterias contorta Perrier, 1881)
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ 1267050 Ventral View)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (34 records)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Asterias contorta Perrier, 1881)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Sclerasterias contorta)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
To MNHN Type collection (IE 2014-108) (from synonym Asterias contorta Perrier, 1881)
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ 1267050 Ventral View)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (34 records)
To ITIS
