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Stephanasterias Verrill, 1871 
AphiaID: 123227

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Asterozoa (Subphylum) > Asteroidea (Class) > Forcipulatacea (Superorder) > Forcipulatida (Order) > Asteriidae (Family)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Genus
Typetaxon Asteracanthion albulus Stimpson, 1853
Parent Asteriidae Gray, 1840
Synonymised
taxa		  Nanaster Perrier, 1894 (Synonym according to Fisher (1930))
Sources  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]

additional source: North East Atlantic Taxa (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source (from synonym): Clark, A.M.and Mah, C. (2001). An index of names of recent Asteroidea, part 4. Forcipulatida and Brisingida, in: Jangoux, M.; Lawrence, J.M. (Ed.) (2001). Echinoderm Studies, 6: pp. 229-347 (look up in IMIS) [details] [view taxon]

Direct child
taxa
[show all]		 Species Stephanasterias albula (Stimpson, 1853)

Species Stephanasterias gracilis (Perrier, 1881) accepted as Stephanasterias albula (Stimpson, 1853)
Species Stephanasterias hebes Verrill, 1915 accepted as Allostichaster capensis (Perrier, 1875)
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
Feedingtypes  omnivore [details]
predator [details]
scavenger [details]
Links To GenBank
To ITIS
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:123227
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  Hansson, Hans
2008-12-29 08:38:40Z  changed  Mah, Christopher
  
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  Citation: Mah, C.; Hansson, H. (2013). Stephanasterias Verrill, 1871. In: Mah, C.L. (2013) World Asteroidea database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=123227 on 2013-06-20
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