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Dytaster mollis (Perrier, 1885) 
AphiaID: 123891

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Asterozoa (Subphylum) > Asteroidea (Class) > Valvatacea (Superorder) > Paxillosida (Order) > Astropectinidae (Family) > Dytaster (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Dytaster Sladen, 1889
Synonymised
taxa		  Crenaster mollis Perrier, 1885 (synonym)
Sources  basis of record: Clark, A.M. (1989). An index of names of recent Asteroidea, part 1: Paxillosida and Notomyotida, in: Jangoux, M.; Lawrence, J.M. (Ed.) (1989). Echinoderm Studies, 3: pp. 225-347 (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]

basis of record (from synonym): 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] [view taxon]

Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
Distribution Azores [details]
European waters (ERMS scope) [details]
Links To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:123891
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  db_admin
2009-01-11 20:59:00Z  changed  Mah, Christopher
  
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  Citation: Mah, C. (2013). Dytaster mollis (Perrier, 1885). 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=123891 on 2013-06-19
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