WoRMS taxon details
Persephonaster sphenoplax (Bell, 1892)
AphiaID: 123900
AphiaID: 123900
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Asterozoa (Subphylum) > Asteroidea (Class) > Valvatacea (Superorder) > Paxillosida (Order) > Astropectinidae (Family) > Persephonaster (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | ||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||
| Rank | Species | ||||||||||
| Parent | Persephonaster Wood-Mason & Alcock, 1891 | ||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Astropecten sphenoplax Bell, 1892 Psilasteropsis humilis Koehler, 1907 (synonym) | ||||||||||
| 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. 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] additional source: North East Atlantic Taxa (look up in IMIS) [details] context source (Deepsea): Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details] | ||||||||||
| Environment | marine, | ||||||||||
| Fossil range | recent only | ||||||||||
| Distribution | Azores [details] Bay of Biscay [details] European waters (ERMS scope) [details] Ireland [details] Rockall Trough [details] West European Basin [details] | ||||||||||
| Feedingtypes |
omnivore [details]
predator [details] scavenger [details] | ||||||||||
| Links | To Encyclopedia of Life To PESI To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection | ||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:123900 | ||||||||||
| Taxonomic Edit history |
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| Citation: Mah, C.; Hansson, H. (2013). Persephonaster sphenoplax (Bell, 1892). 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=123900 on 2013-05-22 | |||||||||||
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