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Asterina pancerii (Gasco, 1870) 
AphiaID: 123989

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Asterozoa (Subphylum) > Asteroidea (Class) > Valvatacea (Superorder) > Valvatida (Order) > Asterinidae (Family) > Asterina (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Asterina Nardo, 1834
Synonymised
taxa		  Asterina gibbosa var. panceri Koehler, 1924
 Asteriscus pancerii Gasco, 1876 (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]

additional source: 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]

Vernacular
Names		 
Language   Name 
Catalan estrella de capità petita  [details]
English cushion star  [details]
Spanish estrella de capitán pequeña  [details]
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
Distribution European waters (ERMS scope) [details]
Greek Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Mediterranean Sea [details]
Links To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:123989
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  Hansson, Hans
2008-12-10 02:34:30Z  changed  Mah, Christopher
2010-02-23 20:06:18Z  changed  Mah, Christopher
  
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  Citation: Mah, C.; Hansson, H. (2013). Asterina pancerii (Gasco, 1870). 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=123989 on 2013-05-19
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