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Hydrasterias Sladen, 1889 
AphiaID: 123235

Classification: Biota > Animalia > Echinodermata > Asterozoa > Asteroidea > Forcipulatacea > Forcipulatida > Pedicellasteridae
Status accepted
Record
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Rank Genus
Parent Pedicellasteridae Perrier, 1884
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]

basis of record: Clark, A.M. and M.E. Downey. (1992). Starfishes of the Atlantic. Chapman & Hall Identification Guides, 3. Chapman & Hall: London, UK. ISBN 0-412-43280-3. xxvi, 794 pp. (look up in IMIS[details]

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 Species Hydrasterias improvisus (Ludwig, 1905)
Species Hydrasterias ophidion (Sladen, 1889)
Species Hydrasterias sacculata McKnight, 2006
Species Hydrasterias sexradiata (Perrier, in Milne-Edwards, 1882)
Species Hydrasterias tasmanica McKnight, 2006

Species Hydrasterias diomediae Ludwig, 1905 accepted as Sclerasterias alexandri (Ludwig, 1905)
Species Hydrasterias ophiodon A.M. Clark in Herring, 1974 accepted as Hydrasterias sexradiata (Perrier, in Milne-Edwards, 1882)
Species Hydrasterias verrilli Fisher, 1906 accepted as Tarsastrocles verrilli (Fisher, 1906)
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:123235
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Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  Hansson, Hans
2007-12-30 03:30:36Z  changed  Mah, Christopher
  
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  Citation: Mah, C.; Hansson, H. (2013). Hydrasterias 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=123235 on 2013-05-27
  
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