WoRMS name details

Asterias (Urasterias) forcipulata Verrill, 1909

379329  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:379329)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Echinodermata (Phylum)
  4. Asterozoa (Subphylum)
  5. Asteroidea (Class)
  6. Ambuloasteroidea (Subclass)
  7. Neoasteroidea (Infraclass)
  8. Forcipulatacea (Superorder)
  9. Forcipulatida (Order)
  10. Asteriidae (Family)
  11. Asterias (Genus)
  12. Asterias (Urasterias) (Subgenus)
  13. Asterias (Urasterias) forcipulata (Species)
 unaccepted (Synonym according to Fisher (1928))
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Verrill, A.E. (1909). Description of new genera and species of starfishes from the North Pacific coast of America. American Journal of Science 28: 59-70., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40247723
page(s): 67 [details] 
Mah, C.L. (2025). World Asteroidea Database. Asterias (Urasterias) forcipulata Verrill, 1909. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=379329 on 2025-03-13
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2009-01-01 17:28:17Z
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Mah, Christopher
2017-02-13 03:17:08Z
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Mah, Christopher

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Nomenclature

original description Verrill, A.E. (1909). Description of new genera and species of starfishes from the North Pacific coast of America. American Journal of Science 28: 59-70., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40247723
page(s): 67 [details] 

 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   


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