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Asteracanthion africanus Müller & Troschel, 1842 
AphiaID: 123698

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Asterozoa (Subphylum) > Asteroidea (Class) > Forcipulatacea (Superorder) > Forcipulatida (Order) > Asteriidae (Family) > Asteracanthion (Genus)
Status unaccepted unaccepted (A forma of Marthasterias glacialis (Linnaeus 1758))
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Accepted name  Marthasterias glacialis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Rank Species
Parent Asteracanthion Müller & Troschel, 1840 accepted as Asterias Linnaeus, 1758
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. (1974). Notes on some echinoderms from southern Africa. Bulluetin of the British Museum of Natural History (Zoology) 26(6): 423-487, 3 pls, 16 figs, 1 map, 3 tables (look up in IMIS) [details]

source of synonymy: Clark, A.M. and J. Courtman-Stock. (1976). The echinoderms of southern Africa. Publ. No. 766. British Museum (Nat. Hist), London. 277 pp. [details]

Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
Links To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications)
To PESI
Note  synonymy: Original combination [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:123698
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  Hansson, Hans
2008-12-26 05:08:28Z  changed  Mah, Christopher
  
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  Citation: Mah, C.; Hansson, H. (2013). Asteracanthion africanus Müller & Troschel, 1842. 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=123698 on 2013-05-22
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