Colpaster Sladen, 1889 
AphiaID: 123215

Classification: Biota > Animalia > Echinodermata > Asterozoa > Asteroidea > Forcipulatacea > Brisingida > Freyellidae

Status		accepted
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank		Genus
Parent		Freyellidae Downey, 1986
Sources		original description: Sladen, W.P. (1889). Report on the Asteroidea. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-1876, Zoology 30(51): xlii + 893 pages 118 plates. [details] basis of record: Hansson, H.G. (2001). Echinodermata, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 336-351 (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: Nomenclator Zoologicus, available online at http://uio.mbl.edu/NomenclatorZoologicus/ [details]
Direct child taxa [show all]		Species Colpaster edwardsi (Perrier, 1882) Species Colpaster scutigerula Sladen, 1889
Environment		marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range		recent only
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:123215
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2004-12-21 15:54:05Z   created   Hansson, Hans 2008-01-21 08:09:52Z   changed   Mah, Christopher
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		Citation: Mah, C.; Hansson, H. (2013). Colpaster Sladen, 1889. In: Mah, C.L. (2013) World Asteroidea database. Accessed through: Mah, C.L. (2013) World Asteroidea database at http://www.marinespecies.org/asteroidea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=123215 on 2013-05-23