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Asteracanthion albulus Stimpson, 1853 
AphiaID: 123699

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Asterozoa (Subphylum) > Asteroidea (Class) > Forcipulatacea (Superorder) > Forcipulatida (Order) > Asteriidae (Family) > Asteracanthion (Genus)
Status unaccepted unaccepted (synonym)
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Accepted name  Stephanasterias albula (Stimpson, 1853)
Rank Species
Typetaxon of  Stephanasterias Verrill, 1871
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]

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

additional source: 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]

Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
Links To Biodiversity Heritage Library (25 publications)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:123699
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 albulus Stimpson, 1853. 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=123699 on 2013-05-22
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