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Stylasterias Verrill, 1914 
AphiaID: 146049

Classification: Biota > Animalia > Echinodermata > Asterozoa > Asteroidea > Forcipulatacea > Forcipulatida > Asteriidae
Status accepted
Record
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Rank Genus
Parent Asteriidae Gray, 1840
Sources  original description: Verrill, A.E. (1914). Monograph of the shallow-water starfishes of the North Pacific coast from the Arctic Ocean to California. Harriman Alaska series: US National Museum 14: 1-408 pp., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/20755223 [details]

additional source: Fisher, W.K. (1928). Asteroidea of the North Pacific and adjacent waters. Part 2. Forcipulata (part). Bulletin of the United States National Museum 76: 1–245 6 figs pls 1–81. [details]

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 Species Stylasterias forreri (deLoriol, 1887)

Species Stylasterias contorta (Perrier, 1881) accepted as Sclerasterias contorta (Perrier, 1881)
Species Stylasterias neglecta (Perrier, 1891) accepted as Sclerasterias neglecta (Perrier, 1891)
Species Stylasterias paschae H.L. Clark, 1920 accepted as Astrostole paschae (H.L. Clark, 1920)
Species Stylasterias reticulatus (H.L. Clark, 1916) accepted as Coronaster reticulatus (H.L. Clark, 1916)
Species Stylasterias robusta (Ludwig, 1905) accepted as Distolasterias robusta (Ludwig, 1905)
Species Stylasterias subangulosa Verrill, 1914 accepted as Sclerasterias contorta (Perrier, 1881)
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
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Note  p.p. [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:146049
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Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  Hansson, Hans
2007-12-29 01:34:11Z  changed  Mah, Christopher
  
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  Citation: Mah, C.; Hansson, H. (2013). Stylasterias Verrill, 1914. 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=146049 on 2013-05-22
  
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