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Asteroidea taxon details

Icasterias Fisher, 1923 
AphiaID: 123221

Classification: Biota > Animalia > Echinodermata > Asterozoa > Asteroidea > Forcipulatacea > Forcipulatida > Asteriidae
Status accepted
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Rank Genus
Typetaxon Asterias panopla Stuxberg, 1879
Parent Asteriidae Gray, 1840
Sources  original description: Fisher, W.K. (1923).A preliminary synopsis of the Asteriidae, a family of sea-stars. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 12(9): 247-258 [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: North East Atlantic Taxa (look up in IMIS[details]

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 Species Icasterias panopla (Stuxberg, 1878)
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
Feedingtypes  omnivore [details]
predator [details]
scavenger [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:123221
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Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  Hansson, Hans
2008-10-26 13:36:06Z  changed  Mah, Christopher
  
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  Citation: Mah, C.; Hansson, H. (2013). Icasterias Fisher, 1923. 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=123221 on 2013-05-22
  
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