WoRMS taxon details
Anasterias perrieri (E. A. Smith, 1876)
234868 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:234868)
accepted
Species
Asterias perrieri E. A. Smith, 1876 · unaccepted (original combination)
Othilia sexradiata Studer, 1876 · unaccepted (synonym according to Studer...)
synonym according to Studer (1884) and Sladen (1889)
Pisaster antarcticus Koehler, 1917 · unaccepted (Synonym according to A.M. Clark (1962))
Sporasterias perrieri (Smith, 1876) · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Asterias perrieri E. A. Smith, 1876) Smith, E. A. (1876). Descriptions of species of Asteridae and Ophiuridae from Kerguelen Islands. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> 4th series,vol.17: 105-113., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19267007
page(s): 106 [details]
page(s): 106 [details]
Mah, C.L. (2025). World Asteroidea Database. Anasterias perrieri (E. A. Smith, 1876). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=234868 on 2025-07-17
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Pisaster antarcticus Koehler, 1917) Koehler R. (1917). Échinodermes (astéries, ophiures et échinides) Recueillis par M. Rallier du Baty, aux îles Kerguelen, en 1913-1914. <em>Annales de l'Institut océanographique.</em> 7(8): 87pp., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45381490
page(s): 30 [details]
original description (of Asterias perrieri E. A. Smith, 1876) Smith, E. A. (1876). Descriptions of species of Asteridae and Ophiuridae from Kerguelen Islands. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> 4th series,vol.17: 105-113., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19267007
page(s): 106 [details]
original description (of Othilia sexradiata Studer, 1876) Studer, T. (1876). Echinodermen aus dem antarktischen Meere und zwei neue Seeigel von den Papua-Inseln, gesammelt auf der Reise S.M.S. Gazelle um die Erde. <em>Monatsbericht der königlich preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin.</em> 452-465., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35329829
page(s): 458 [details]
basis of record Clark, A. M. (1996). An index of names of recent Asteroidea. <em>In: Jangoux, M.; Lawrence, J.M. (Ed.) Echinoderm Studies, volumes 2-6 . Balkema: Rotterdam, The Netherlands.</em> [details]
page(s): 30 [details]
original description (of Asterias perrieri E. A. Smith, 1876) Smith, E. A. (1876). Descriptions of species of Asteridae and Ophiuridae from Kerguelen Islands. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> 4th series,vol.17: 105-113., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19267007
page(s): 106 [details]
original description (of Othilia sexradiata Studer, 1876) Studer, T. (1876). Echinodermen aus dem antarktischen Meere und zwei neue Seeigel von den Papua-Inseln, gesammelt auf der Reise S.M.S. Gazelle um die Erde. <em>Monatsbericht der königlich preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin.</em> 452-465., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35329829
page(s): 458 [details]
basis of record Clark, A. M. (1996). An index of names of recent Asteroidea. <em>In: Jangoux, M.; Lawrence, J.M. (Ed.) Echinoderm Studies, volumes 2-6 . Balkema: Rotterdam, The Netherlands.</em> [details]
Other
additional source
Danis, B. & Jangoux, M. (2006). The SCAR-MarBIN Register of Antarctic Marine Species: Asteroidea. World Wide Web electronic publication., available online at https://www.marinespecies.org/rams/ramsasteroidea.php [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Syntype (of Pisaster antarcticus Koehler, 1917) MNHN EcAh 2254 [details]
From editor or global species database
Remark Liable to confusion with Anasterias perrieri, Studer, 1885, transferred by Fisher (1930) to Lysasterias, but not contemporaneously in Anasterias. [details]
