WoRMS name details
Polyaster elegans Michelin, 1859
569503 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:569503)
unaccepted (subjective junior synonym)
Species
Polyaster Michelin, 1859 accepted as Rumphia Desor, 1857
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Michelin, H. 1859. Notice descriptive de quelques espèces nouvelles d'Echinides, famille de Clypéasteroides, tribu Laganides. Revue et magasin de zoologie pure et appliquée, 2, vol. 11, 394-401.
, available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13713182
page(s): 397-399; pl. 14: fig. 1a-d [details]
page(s): 397-399; pl. 14: fig. 1a-d [details]
Kroh, A.; Mooi, R. (2025). World Echinoidea Database. Polyaster elegans Michelin, 1859. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=569503 on 2025-04-16
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Nomenclature
original description
Michelin, H. 1859. Notice descriptive de quelques espèces nouvelles d'Echinides, famille de Clypéasteroides, tribu Laganides. Revue et magasin de zoologie pure et appliquée, 2, vol. 11, 394-401.
, available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13713182
page(s): 397-399; pl. 14: fig. 1a-d [details]
basis of record Mortensen, T. (1948). A Monograph of the Echinoidea. IV, 2. Clypeasteroida. Clypeasteridæ, Arachnoidæ, Fibulariidæ, Laganidæ and Scutellidæ. 471 pp., C. A. Reitzel, Copenhagen.
page(s): 263-269 [details]
page(s): 397-399; pl. 14: fig. 1a-d [details]
basis of record Mortensen, T. (1948). A Monograph of the Echinoidea. IV, 2. Clypeasteroida. Clypeasteridæ, Arachnoidæ, Fibulariidæ, Laganidæ and Scutellidæ. 471 pp., C. A. Reitzel, Copenhagen.
page(s): 263-269 [details]
