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Ophidiaster reyssi Sibuet, 1977 
AphiaID: 124102

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Asterozoa (Subphylum) > Asteroidea (Class) > Valvatacea (Superorder) > Valvatida (Order) > Ophidiasteridae (Family) > Ophidiaster (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Ophidiaster L. Agassiz, 1836
Sources  original description: Sibuet, M. (1977). Ophidiaster reyssi nouvelle espece d'Asteride bathyale de l'ocean Atlantique. Bulletin du Museum national d'Histoire naturelle. 3rd ser. 343 (494): 1085-1090. [details]

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]

Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
Distribution Azores [details]
European waters (ERMS scope) [details]
Mediterranean Sea [details]
Sicily [details]
Links To Encyclopedia of Life
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:124102
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  Hansson, Hans
2008-10-24 23:33:30Z  changed  Mah, Christopher
  
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  Citation: Mah, C.; Hansson, H. (2013). Ophidiaster reyssi Sibuet, 1977. 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=124102 on 2013-05-20
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