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Narcissia canariensis (d'Orbigny, 1839) 
AphiaID: 124095

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Asterozoa (Subphylum) > Asteroidea (Class) > Valvatacea (Superorder) > Valvatida (Order) > Ophidiasteridae (Family) > Narcissia (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Narcissia Gray, 1840
Synonymised
taxa		  Asterias canariensis d'Orbigny, 1839
 Fromia narcissae Perrier, 1885 (synonym)
 Narcissia teneriffae Gray, 1840 (synonym according to Sladen (1889))
 Scytaster canariensis Dujardin & Hupe, 1862
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]

additional source: 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]

from synonym: Gray J.E. (1840). A synopsis of the genera and species of the class Hypostoma (Asterias Linnaeus). Annals of the Magazine of Natural History 6: 175-184; 275-290. [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]

Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
Distribution Atlantic [details]
Canaries [details]
Canary Islands [details]
Cape Verde [details]
Congo [details]
European waters (ERMS scope) [details]
Gulf of Mexico [details]
Madeira [details]
Links To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection
Image 
Narcissia canariensis
Narcissia canariensis
added on 2009-03-05 - author: Wirtz, Peter
qualitystatus: checked by Mah, Christopher on 2009-03-05 17:52:32
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:124095
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  Hansson, Hans
2008-10-24 18:54:18Z  changed  Mah, Christopher
  
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  Citation: Mah, C.; Hansson, H. (2013). Narcissia canariensis (d'Orbigny, 1839). 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=124095 on 2013-05-22
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