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RAS taxon details
Astromesites primigenius
(Mortensen, 1925)
AphiaID
291688
(urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:291688)
Classification
Biota
Animalia
(Kingdom)
Echinodermata
(Phylum)
Asterozoa
(Subphylum)
Asteroidea
(Class)
Ambuloasteroidea
(Subclass)
Neoasteroidea
(Infraclass)
Valvatacea
(Superorder)
Paxillosida
(Order)
Astropectinidae
(Family)
Astromesites
(Genus)
Astromesites primigenius
(Species)
Status
accepted
Rank
Species
Parent
Astromesites
Fisher, 1913
Original name
Astropecten primigenius
Mortensen, 1925
Environment
marine,
brackish
,
fresh
,
terrestrial
Fossil range
recent only
Original description
(of
)
Mortensen, T. (1925). Papers from Dr. Th. Mortensen's Pacific Expedition 1914-16. XXIX. Echinoderms of New Zealand and the Auckland-Campbell Islands. III-V. Asteroidea, Holothuroidea and Crinoidea. <em>Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk naturhistorisk Forening i København.</em> 79(15): 261-420.
,
available online at
http://www.taxonomy.be/gti_abctaxa/downloads/additional-information-volume-1/works-famous-holothuroid-workers/mortensen-th/Mortensen_T.1925small.pdf
page(s): 272
[details]
Taxonomic citation
Mah, C.L. (2025). World Asteroidea Database.
Astromesites primigenius
(Mortensen, 1925). Accessed through: RAS (Eds.) (2025) Register of Antarctic Species at: https://ras.biodiversity.aq/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=291688 on 2026-09-08
Regional species database citation
RAS (Eds.) (2026). Register of Antarctic Species.
Astromesites primigenius
(Mortensen, 1925). Accessed at: https://ras.biodiversity.aq/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=291688 on 2026-09-08
Taxonomic edit history
Date
action
by
2008-01-21 08:09:52Z
created
Mah, Christopher
2019-12-30 03:47:59Z
changed
Mah, Christopher
[taxonomic tree]
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Sources (2)
Documented distribution (1)
Attributes (3)
Links (2)
original description
(of
)
Mortensen, T. (1925). Papers from Dr. Th. Mortensen's Pacific Expedition 1914-16. XXIX. Echinoderms of New Zealand and the Auckland-Campbell Islands. III-V. Asteroidea, Holothuroidea and Crinoidea. <em>Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk naturhistorisk Forening i København.</em> 79(15): 261-420.
,
available online at
http://www.taxonomy.be/gti_abctaxa/downloads/additional-information-volume-1/works-famous-holothuroid-workers/mortensen-th/Mortensen_T.1925small.pdf
page(s): 272
[details]
additional source
Mah, C.L.; McKnight, D.G.; Eagle, M.K.; Pawson, D.L.; Améziane, N.; Vance, D.J.; Baker, A.N.; Clark, H.E.S.; Davey, N. (2009). Phylum Echinodermata: sea stars, brittle stars, sea urchins, sea cucumbers, sea lilies. In: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. pp. 371-400.
[details]
Present
Inaccurate
Introduced: alien
Containing type locality
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