North Atlantic Register of Marine Species (NARMS)

NARMS taxon details

Astropecten americanus (Verrill, 1880)

AphiaID

158490 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:158490)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Astropecten Gray, 1840

Original name

Archaster americanus Verrill, 1880

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

(of ) Verrill, A. E. (1880). Notice of the remarkable marine fauna occupying the outer banks off the southern coast of New England. American Journal of Science. 3(20): 390-403., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38973336
page(s): 402 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Mah, C.L. (2025). World Asteroidea Database. Astropecten americanus (Verrill, 1880). Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=158490 on 2026-04-16

Regional species database citation

NARMS (2026). Astropecten americanus (Verrill, 1880). Accessed at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=158490 on 2026-04-16

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-05-26 07:43:32Z

created

Cuvelier, Daphne

2008-01-26 09:54:06Z

changed

Mah, Christopher

2017-06-11 04:19:55Z

changed

Mah, Christopher

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original description (of ) Verrill, A. E. (1880). Notice of the remarkable marine fauna occupying the outer banks off the southern coast of New England. American Journal of Science. 3(20): 390-403., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38973336
page(s): 402 [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 Pollock, L.W. (1998). A practical guide to the marine animals of northeastern North America. Rutgers University Press. New Brunswick, New Jersey & London. 367 pp., available online at http://books.google.com/books?id=i1AmT31cuR4C [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 Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]