Actiniscus pentasterias (Ehrenberg) Ehrenberg 1844
Publication Details
Actiniscus pentasterias (Ehrenberg) Ehrenberg 1844: 68
Published in: Ehrenberg, C.G. (1843). Über die Verbreitung des jetzt wirkenden kleinsten organischen lebens in Asien, Australien und Afrika und über die vorherrschende bildung auch des oolithkalkes der Juraformation aus kleinen polythalamischen thieren. Bericht über die zur Bekanntmachung geeigneten Verhandlungen der Königlich-Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1843: 100-106.
Type Species
This is the type species (holotype) of the genus Actiniscus.
Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Basionym
Dictyocha pentasterias Ehrenberg
Type Information
Type locality: Norway: Christiania [Oslo] ; (INA 1996) Type: Boeck; (INA 1996) Notes: Greece (fossil); Norway: Christiania [Oslo] (living).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 07 May 2002 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 26 April 2018
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Citing AlgaeBase
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 26 April 2018. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 12 December 2024
