North Atlantic Register of Marine Species (NARMS)

NARMS taxon details

Asterias forbesi (Desor, 1848)

AphiaID

158489 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:158489)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Asterias Linnaeus, 1758

Original name

Asteracanthion forbesi Desor, 1848

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Original description

(of ) Desor, E. (1848 (1851)). Zoological Investigations among the shoals of Nantucket. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural HIstory. 3 (1848-51): 11, 17, 67-68., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8870369
page(s): 67 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Mah, C.L. (2025). World Asteroidea Database. Asterias forbesi (Desor, 1848). Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=158489 on 2026-04-22

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Asterias forbesi (Desor, 1848). Accessed at: https://vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=158489 on 2026-04-22

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-05-26 07:43:32Z

created

Cuvelier, Daphne

2009-01-01 07:33:05Z

changed

Mah, Christopher

2019-01-06 20:40:01Z

changed

Mah, Christopher

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original description (of ) Desor, E. (1848 (1851)). Zoological Investigations among the shoals of Nantucket. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural HIstory. 3 (1848-51): 11, 17, 67-68., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8870369
page(s): 67 [details]

context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]

basis of record Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126. 405 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors

additional source Linkletter, L. E. (1977). A checklist of marine fauna and flora of the Bay of Fundy. Huntsman Marine Laboratory, St. Andrews, N.B. 68: p. [details]

additional source Clark, A. M.; Downey, M. E. (1992). Starfishes of the Atlantic. Chapman & Hall Identification Guides, 3. Chapman & Hall. London, UK. ISBN 0-412-43280-3. xxvi, 794 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source Pawson, D. L., D. J. Vance, C. G. Messing, F. A. Solis-Marin & C. L. Mah. (2009). Echinodermata of the Gulf of Mexico. Pp. 1177–1204 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College S. [details]

additional source Trott, T. J. (2004). Cobscook Bay inventory: a historical checklist of marine invertebrates spanning 162 years. Northeastern Naturalist. 11, 261-324., available online at http://www.gulfofmaine.org/kb/files/9793/TROTT-Cobscook%20List.pdf [details] Available for editors

additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]