Echinaster (Othilia) tenuispina Verrill, 1871
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Echinaster (Othilia) tenuispina Verrill, 1871
- Name authority
- Verrill, 1871
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Echinodermata
- Class
- Asteroidea
- Order
- Spinulosida
- Family
- Echinasteridae
- Genus
- Echinaster
- Extinction status
- Recorded extant
Source habitat flags: Marine: yes · Freshwater: no · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumEchinodermata
- subphylumAsterozoa
- classAsteroidea de Blainville, 1830
- subclassAmbuloasteroidea Blake & Hagdorn, 2003
- infraclassNeoasteroidea Gale, 1987
- superorderSpinulosacea Blake, 1987
- orderSpinulosida Perrier, 1884
- familyEchinasteridae Verrill, 1867
- genusEchinaster Müller & Troschel, 1840
- subgenusEchinaster (Othilia) Gray, 1840
- speciesEchinaster (Othilia) tenuispina Verrill, 1871
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Echinaster. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Echinaster (Echinaster) reticulatus H.L. Clark, 1923 | EchinasteridaeEchinodermata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Echinaster (Othilia) aculeata (Gray, 1840) | EchinasteridaeEchinodermata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Echinaster (Othilia) graminicola Campbell & Turner, 1984 | EchinasteridaeEchinodermata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Echinaster (Othilia) guyanensis A.M. Clark, 1987 | EchinasteridaeEchinodermata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Echinaster (Othilia) paucispinus A.M. Clark, 1987 | EchinasteridaeEchinodermata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Echinaster (Othilia) sentus (Say, 1825) | EchinasteridaeEchinodermata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Echinaster (Othilia) serpentarius Müller & Troschel, 1842 | EchinasteridaeEchinodermata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| banded bubble starEchinaster callosus Marenzeller, 1895 | EchinasteridaeEchinodermata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Echinaster echinatus Koehler, 1920 | EchinasteridaeEchinodermata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Echinaster farquhari Benham, 1909 | EchinasteridaeEchinodermata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- Verrill, A. E. (1871). Notes on Radiata in the museum of Yale College with descriptions of new genera and species.No. 8. Additional observations on echinoderms, chiefly from the Pacific coast of America. Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1. Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:38FTG. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.