WoRMS name details

Tethyaster magnificus (Bell, 1881)

292831  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:292831)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Echinodermata (Phylum)
  4. Asterozoa (Subphylum)
  5. Asteroidea (Class)
  6. Ambuloasteroidea (Subclass)
  7. Neoasteroidea (Infraclass)
  8. Valvatacea (Superorder)
  9. Paxillosida (Order)
  10. Astropectinidae (Family)
  11. Tethyaster (Genus)
  12. Tethyaster magnificus (Species)
alternative representation (A subspecies of Tethyaster vestitus according to Clark and Downey (1992))
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(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] 
Mah, C.L. (2025). World Asteroidea Database. Tethyaster magnificus (Bell, 1881). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=292831 on 2025-04-16
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2008-01-26 09:54:06Z
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Mah, Christopher
2014-12-25 18:49:28Z
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Mah, Christopher

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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] 

From editor or global species database
Synonymy A possible synonym of Tethyaster vestitus (Say, 1825) according to Downey (1973). [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Moiraster magnificus (Bell, 1881))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (1 record) 

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