Pisaster brevispinus

Pisaster brevispinus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Forcipulatida
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Echinodermata Subphylum: Eleutherozoa Superclassis: Asterozoa Classis: Asteroidea Ordo: Forcipulatida

Familia: Asteriidae
Genus: Pisaster
Species: Pisaster brevispinus

Name

Pisaster brevispinus (Stimpson, 1857)

Type locality: “from a sandy bottom in ten fathoms near the mouth of San Francisco Bay.”

Combinations

• Asterias brevispina Stimpson, 1857: 88 [original combination]

Synonyms

• Asterias papulosa Verrill, 1909
• Asterias paucispina Stimpson, 1861
• Pisaster papulosus (Verrill, 1909)
• Pisaster paucispinus (Stimpson, 1861)

References

Primary references

• Stimpson, W. 1857. On the Crustacea and Echinodermata of the Pacific shores of North America. Boston Journal of Natural History 6: 444–532 + plates 18–23.

Additional references

• Fisher, W.K. 1930. Asteroidea of the North Pacific and adjacent waters. Part 3: Forcipulata (Concluded). Bulletin of the United States National Museum 76(3): 1-356. DOI: 10.5479/si.03629236.76.3 BHL Reference page.  [see page 180]

Links

• Pisaster brevispinus in the World Register of Marine Species