This is a test site. The production site with full data is available at GBIF.org
{{nav.loginGreeting}}
  • Get data
      • Occurrences
      • GBIF API
      • Species
      • Datasets
      • Occurrence snapshots
      • Hosted portals
      • Trends
  • How-to
    • Share data

      • Quick-start guide
      • Dataset classes
      • Data hosting
      • Standards
      • Become a publisher
      • Data quality
      • Data papers
    • Use data

      • Featured data use
      • Citation guidelines
      • GBIF citations
      • Citation widget
      • Guides and documentation
  • Tools
    • Publishing

      • IPT
      • Data validator
      • GeoPick
      • New data model
      • GRSciColl
      • Suggest a dataset
      • Metabarcoding data toolkit
    • Data access and use

      • Hosted portals
      • Scientific collections
      • Data processing
      • Derived datasets
      • rgbif
      • pygbif
      • SQL downloads
      • Tools catalogue
    • GBIF labs

      • Species matching
      • Name parser
      • Sequence ID
      • Relative observation trends
      • GBIF data blog
  • Community
    • Network

      • Participant network
      • Nodes
      • Publishers
      • Network contacts
      • Community forum
      • alliance for biodiversity knowledge
    • Volunteers

      • Mentors
      • Ambassadors
      • Translators
      • Citizen scientists
    • Activities

      • Capacity development
      • Programmes & projects
      • Training and learning resources
      • Data Use Club
      • Living Atlases
  • About
    • Inside GBIF

      • What is GBIF?
      • Become a member
      • Governance
      • Strategic framework
      • Work Programme
      • Funders
      • Partnerships
      • Release notes
      • Contacts
    • News & outreach

      • News
      • Subscribe
      • Events
      • Awards
      • Science Review
      • Data use
      • Thematic communities
  • User profile

Rathbunaster californicus Fisher, 1906

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Fisher, W. K. (1906). New starfishes from the Pacific Coast of North America. Proceedings of the Washington Academy of Sciences, 8: 111–139. https://www.marinespecies.org/asteroidea/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=124641

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Echinodermata
class
Asteroidea
order
Forcipulatida
family
Asteriidae
genus
Rathbunaster
species
Rathbunaster californicus

Name

Homonyms
Rathbunaster californicus Fisher, 1906
Common names
California Sun Star in English
estrella de mar in language.

Bibliographic References

  1. Fisher, W.K. (1906). New starfishes from the Pacific Coast of North America. <em>Proceedings of the Washington Academy of Sciences.</em> 8: 111-139.
  2. Maluf, Linda Yvonne, 1988: Composition and distribution of the central eastern Pacific echinoderms. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Technical Reports, no. 2. 242.
  3. Straughan, Dale, and Richard W. Klink, 1980: A Taxonomic Listing of Common Marine Invertebrate Species from Southern California. Technical Reports of the Allan Hancock Foundation, no. 3. vi + 281.
What is GBIF? API FAQ Newsletter Privacy Terms and agreements How to cite? Code of Conduct Acknowledgements
Contact GBIF Secretariat Universitetsparken 15 DK-2100 Copenhagen Ø Denmark
GBIF is a Global Core Biodata Resource