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Benthopecten simplex (Perrier, 1881) 
AphiaID: 123837

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Asterozoa (Subphylum) > Asteroidea (Class) > Valvatacea (Superorder) > Notomyotida (Order) > Benthopectinidae (Family) > Benthopecten (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Benthopecten Verrill, 1884
Synonymised
taxa
  Archaster simplex Perrier, 1881 (synonym)
Benthopecten armatus (Sladen, 1889) (Synonym)
Benthopecten spinosus Grieg, 1918 (synonym)
Pararchaster armatus Sladen, 1889 (Synonym according to A.M. Clark (1981))
Pararchaster simplex Sladen, 1889
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]

from synonym: Pawson, D. L., D. J. Vance, C. G. Messing, F. A. Solis-Marin, and C. L. Mah. 2009. Echinodermata of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1177–1204 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College S [details] [view taxon]

from synonym: Sladen, W.P. (1889). Report on the Asteroidea. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-1876, Zoology 30(51): xlii + 893 pages 118 plates. [details] [view taxon]

from synonym: BIOCEAN, available online at http://www.ifremer.fr/biocean/ [details] [view taxon]

context source (Deepsea): Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]

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 Subspecies Benthopecten simplex chardyi Sibuet, 1975
Subspecies Benthopecten simplex simplex (Perrier, 1881)
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
Distribution Caribbean Sea [details]
Gulf of Mexico [details]
Haiti [details]
Mexico [details]
Links To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:123837
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  Hansson, Hans
2009-01-19 15:30:12Z  changed  Mah, Christopher
  
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  Citation: Mah, C.; Hansson, H. (2013). Benthopecten simplex (Perrier, 1881). 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=123837 on 2013-05-20
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