WoRMS name details

Hesperaster arachnoides H.L. Clark, 1938

755892  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:755892)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Echinodermata (Phylum)
  4. Echinozoa (Subphylum)
  5. Echinoidea (Class)
  6. Euechinoidea (Subclass)
  7. Irregularia (Infraclass)
  8. Neognathostomata (Subterclass)
  9. Luminacea (Superorder)
  10. Clypeasteroida (Order)
  11. Clypeasterina (Suborder)
  12. Clypeasteridae (Family)
  13. Ammotrophinae (Subfamily)
  14. Hesperaster † (Genus)
  15. Hesperaster arachnoides (Species)
 unaccepted (parent taxon considered a junior synonym of Ammotrophus)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Clark, H. L. (1938). Echinoderms from Australia, an account of collections made in 1929 and 1932. <em>Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoöology at Harvard College.</em> 55: 1-597, 28 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4374780
page(s): 411-413; pl. 27: fig. 2 [details] 
Holotype  MCZ 7196, geounit Australian Exclusive...  
Holotype MCZ 7196, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Distribution Western Australia  
Distribution Western Australia [details]
Kroh, A.; Mooi, R. (2025). World Echinoidea Database. Hesperaster arachnoides H.L. Clark, 1938. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=755892 on 2025-04-11
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2014-03-05 13:41:51Z
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Kroh, Andreas
2020-02-24 08:10:14Z
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Kroh, Andreas
2021-01-10 20:04:13Z
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Kroh, Andreas

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Nomenclature

original description Clark, H. L. (1938). Echinoderms from Australia, an account of collections made in 1929 and 1932. <em>Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoöology at Harvard College.</em> 55: 1-597, 28 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4374780
page(s): 411-413; pl. 27: fig. 2 [details] 

basis of record Kier, P. M. & Lawson, M. H. 1978. Index of living and fossil echinoids 1924-1970. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 34, 1-182., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810266.34.1
page(s): 59 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

Holotype MCZ 7196, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
From editor or global species database
Distribution Western Australia [details]

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