Polyasterias problematica (Cleve) Meunier 1910
Publication Details
Polyasterias problematica (Cleve) Meunier 1910: 87
Published in: Meunier, A. (1910). Microplancton des Mers de Barents et de Kara. Duc d'Orleans Campagne Arctique de 1907. pp. 355, 37 plates. Bruxelles: Imprimerie Scientifique Charles Bulens, Éditeur.
Request PDFPublication date: 1910
Type Species
This is the type species (holotype) of the genus Polyasterias.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Hexasterias problematica Cleve.
Source of Synonymy
Gurdebeke, P.R., Mertens, K.N., Takano, Y., Yamaguchi, A., Bogus, K., Dunthorn, M., Matsuoka, K., Vrielinck, H. & Louwye, S. (2018). The affiliation of Hexasterias problematica and Halodinium verrucatum sp. nov. to ciliate cysts based on molecular phylogeny and cyst wall composition. European Journal of Protistology 66: 115-135, 10 figures, 5 tables.
Basionym
Hexasterias problematica Cleve
Type Information
Type locality: North Sea near Den Helder, Holland; Iceland; the Färöes; (INA 1996)
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 22 November 2002 by Andy Taylor.
Last updated: 21 November 2019
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Distributional note
Plankton: Baltic Sea, Iceland and Faeroes, Atlantic Ocean, Barents and Kara seas, North Sea, Gulf of Finland, Gulf of Riga, Hudson Bay and Strait, Atlantic Ocean, Baie des Chaleurs, Atlantic Ocean, estuary of Morlaix and Penze River, Saint Margaret's Bay, Atlantic Ocean, St. Lawrence Estuary, Prudhoe Bay, BeaufortSea, Trondheimsfjorden, Norwegian Sea, Point Barrow-Demarcation Point area, Beaufort Sea, Gulf of St. Lawrence, Atlantic provinces of Canada, Gulf of Gdansk, Bay of Fundy; Sediment: Baffin Bay, Atlantic ocean,Laptev Sea, Saguenay Fjord, Santa Barbara Basin, Pacific Ocean, Caspian and Aral seas, Strait of Georgia, Pacific Ocean, North and Celtic seas, Gulf of Manfredonia, Adriatic Sea, Black Sea, Saanich Inlet, Pacific Ocean, Trondheimsfjorden, Norwegian Sea, Hudson Bay, Chesapeake Bay (Kubiszyn & Svense, 2018: table 1, citing various authors). - (25 October 2018) - G.M. Guiry
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Citing AlgaeBase
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 21 November 2019. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 17 April 2025
