WoRMS taxon details
Tamaria megaloplax (Bell, 1884)
368993 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:368993)
accepted
Species
Linckia megaloplax Bell, 1884 · unaccepted
Ophidiaster hirsutus Koehler, 1910 · unaccepted
Ophidiaster tuberifer Sladen, 1889 · unaccepted
Tamaria hirsuta (Koehler, 1910) · unaccepted (synonym according to H.L. Clark (1938))
Tamaria tubifera (Sladen, 1889) · unaccepted (synonym according to H.L. Clark (1946))
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Linckia megaloplax Bell, 1884) Bell, F. J. (1884). Echinodermata. <em>Report on the zoological collections made in the Indo-Pacific Ocean during the voyage of H.M.S. “Alert”, 1881-2.</em> 117-177, 509-512, pls 8-17 & 45. London., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19102447
page(s): 126 [details]
page(s): 126 [details]
Mah, C.L. (2025). World Asteroidea Database. Tamaria megaloplax (Bell, 1884). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=368993 on 2025-04-04
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Tamaria hirsuta (Koehler, 1910)) Koehler, R. (1910). An account of the shallow-water Asteroidea. <em>Echinoderma of the Indian Museum.</em> Part 6: 1-192., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49413290 [details]
original description (of Ophidiaster hirsutus Koehler, 1910) Koehler, R. (1910). An account of the shallow-water Asteroidea. <em>Echinoderma of the Indian Museum.</em> Part 6: 1-192., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49413290
page(s): 149 [details]
original description (of Ophidiaster tuberifer Sladen, 1889) Sladen, W.P. (1889). Report on the Asteroidea. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–1876. Zoology.</em> 30 (part 51): xlii + 893 pages, 118 plates., available online at http://www.19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-51/README.htm
page(s): 404 [details]
original description (of Linckia megaloplax Bell, 1884) Bell, F. J. (1884). Echinodermata. <em>Report on the zoological collections made in the Indo-Pacific Ocean during the voyage of H.M.S. “Alert”, 1881-2.</em> 117-177, 509-512, pls 8-17 & 45. London., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19102447
page(s): 126 [details]
original description (of Ophidiaster hirsutus Koehler, 1910) Koehler, R. (1910). An account of the shallow-water Asteroidea. <em>Echinoderma of the Indian Museum.</em> Part 6: 1-192., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49413290
page(s): 149 [details]
original description (of Ophidiaster tuberifer Sladen, 1889) Sladen, W.P. (1889). Report on the Asteroidea. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–1876. Zoology.</em> 30 (part 51): xlii + 893 pages, 118 plates., available online at http://www.19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-51/README.htm
page(s): 404 [details]
original description (of Linckia megaloplax Bell, 1884) Bell, F. J. (1884). Echinodermata. <em>Report on the zoological collections made in the Indo-Pacific Ocean during the voyage of H.M.S. “Alert”, 1881-2.</em> 117-177, 509-512, pls 8-17 & 45. London., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19102447
page(s): 126 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Ophidiaster tuberifer Sladen, 1889)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (2 records) (from synonym Ophidiaster tuberifer Sladen, 1889)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (20 records)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Ophidiaster tuberifer Sladen, 1889)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (2 records) (from synonym Ophidiaster tuberifer Sladen, 1889)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (20 records)
