WoRMS name details
Tethyaster gigas (Caso, 1947)
292830 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:292830)
unaccepted (synonym according to A.M. & A.H. Clark (1954))
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Moiraster gigas Caso, 1947) Caso, M.E. (1947). Descripcion de una nueva especies del genero <i>Moiraster</i> de Santa Rosalia, Golfo de California. <em>Sobretiro de los Anales del Instituto de Biologia.</em> 18(1): 225-231.
page(s): 225 [details]
page(s): 225 [details]
Mah, C.L. (2025). World Asteroidea Database. Tethyaster gigas (Caso, 1947). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=292830 on 2025-04-17
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Nomenclature
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(of Moiraster gigas Caso, 1947) Caso, M.E. (1947). Descripcion de una nueva especies del genero <i>Moiraster</i> de Santa Rosalia, Golfo de California. <em>Sobretiro de los Anales del Instituto de Biologia.</em> 18(1): 225-231.
page(s): 225 [details]
page(s): 225 [details]
From editor or global species database
Synonymy A synonym of Tethyaster canaliculatus (A.H. Clark, 1916) according to Clark & Clark (1954). Maintained as valid by Caso (1961) but on the basis of variable characters and artefacts of preservation. [details]
