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Hymenodiscus Perrier, 1884 
AphiaID: 381753

Classification: Biota > Animalia > Echinodermata > Asterozoa > Asteroidea > Forcipulatacea > Brisingida > Brisingidae
Status accepted
Record
status
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Rank Genus
Parent Brisingidae G.O. Sars, 1875
Source  additional source: Mah, C.L., D.G. McKnight, M.K. Eagle, D.L. Pawson, N. Ameziane, D.J. Vance, A.N. Baker, H.E.S. Clark, and N. Alcock. 2009. Phylum Echinodermata. In Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) The New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch; 371-400.  [details]

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 Species Hymenodiscus agassizi (Perrier, 1882)
Species Hymenodiscus aotearoa (McKnight, 1973)
Species Hymenodiscus armillata (Sladen, 1889)
Species Hymenodiscus beringiana (Korovchinsky, 1967)
Species Hymenodiscus coronata (Sars G.O., 1872)
Species Hymenodiscus distincta (Sladen, 1889)
Species Hymenodiscus exilis (Fisher, 1905)
Species Hymenodiscus fragilis (Fisher, 1906)
Species Hymenodiscus membranacea (Sladen, 1889)
Species Hymenodiscus monacantha H.L. Clark, 1920
Species Hymenodiscus ochotensis Djakonov, 1950
Species Hymenodiscus pannychia Fisher, 1928
Species Hymenodiscus pusilla Fisher, 1917
Species Hymenodiscus submembranacea (Doderlein, 1927)
Species Hymenodiscus tenella (Luwig, 1905)
Species Hymenodiscus verticellata (Sladen, 1889)
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
Link To GenBank
Note  Taxonomic Remark: Many nominal species of Hymenodiscus are known only from type material, which is in many cases based only on arm tips and other fragments. The wide distributions of the better known taxa and the taxonomic implications of recognizing juvenile individuals dictate that all species in this genus require serious re-examination. [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:381753
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2009-01-28 16:41:33Z  created  Mah, Christopher
  
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  Citation: Mah, C. (2013). Hymenodiscus Perrier, 1884. 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=381753 on 2013-05-24
  
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