World Asteroidea Database

doi:10.48580/dgjy9-3bs

World Asteroidea Database

Citation

Mah, C. (2024). World Asteroidea Database (version 2024-11-01). In O. Bánki, Y. Roskov, M. Döring, G. Ower, D. R. Hernández Robles, C. A. Plata Corredor, T. Stjernegaard Jeppesen, A. Örn, T. Pape, D. Hobern, S. Garnett, H. Little, R. E. DeWalt, K. Ma, J. Miller, T. Orrell, R. Aalbu, J. Abbott, C. Aedo, et al., Catalogue of Life (Version 2024-11-18). Catalogue of Life, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgjy9-3bs

Description

The core of the World Asteroidea Database (WAD) is derived from the "Asteroid Names List" developed primarily by Ailsa M. Clark. However the WAD is complimented by numerous other echinoderm compendia (e.g., Clark & Downey's Starfishes of the Atlantic, Rowe & Gate's Zoological Catalogue of Australia, etc) and will eventually include all subsequent taxonomic changes and newly described taxa. Data have been contributed to the Catalogue of Life via the WoRMS, hosted by the Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ).

Taxonomic Coverages

sea stars

Geographic Coverages

Global

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

Christopher Mah
editor
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0178-8237

administrative point of contact
Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee
BE

administrative point of contact
Smithsonian Institution; National Museum of Natural History Department of Invertebrate Zoology
US

Christopher Mah
administrative point of contact