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Sphaeriodiscus Fisher, 1910 
AphiaID: 123305

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Asterozoa (Subphylum) > Asteroidea (Class) > Valvatacea (Superorder) > Valvatida (Order) > Goniasteridae (Family)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Genus
Typetaxon Stephanaster bourgeti Perrier, 1885 (type by original designation)
Parent Goniasteridae Forbes, 1841
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]

additional source: 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]

Direct child
taxa
[show all]		 Species Sphaeriodiscus ammophilus (Fisher, 1906)
Species Sphaeriodiscus bourgeti (Perrier, 1885)
Species Sphaeriodiscus inaequalis (Gray, 1847)
Species Sphaeriodiscus irritatus H.E.S. Clark in H.E.S Clark & D.G. McKnight, 2001
Species Sphaeriodiscus maui McKnight, 1973
Species Sphaeriodiscus mirabilis A.M. Clark, 1976
Species Sphaeriodiscus scotocryptus Fisher, 1913

Species Sphaeriodiscus placenta Fisher, 1919 accepted as Peltaster placenta (Müller & Troschel, 1842)
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
Link To GenBank
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:123305
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  Hansson, Hans
2008-10-23 03:57:33Z  changed  Mah, Christopher
  
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  Citation: Mah, C.; Hansson, H. (2013). Sphaeriodiscus Fisher, 1910. 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=123305 on 2013-05-21
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