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Astropecten irregularis irregularis (Pennant, 1777) 
AphiaID: 125199

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Asterozoa (Subphylum) > Asteroidea (Class) > Valvatacea (Superorder) > Paxillosida (Order) > Astropectinidae (Family) > Astropecten (Genus) > Astropecten irregularis (Species)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Subspecies
Parent Astropecten irregularis (Pennant, 1777)
Synonymised
taxa		  Asterias irregularis Pennant, 1777 (synonym)
 Astropecten echinulatus Müller & Troschel, 1844 (synonym)
 Astropecten helgolandicus Greeff, 1871 (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]

Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
Distribution Atlantic [details]
Bay of Biscay [details]
British Isles [details]
Canary Islands [details]
Cape Verde [details]
Denmark [details]
European waters (ERMS scope) [details]
Kattegat [details]
Madeira [details]
Moroccan Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Morocco [details]
North Coast of Norway [details]
Norway [details]
Rockall Bank [details]
Rockall Trough [details]
Sweden [details]
Trondheim [details]
West European Basin [details]
Feedingtypes  omnivore [details]
predator [details]
scavenger [details]
Links To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:125199
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  Hansson, Hans
2009-01-11 20:59:00Z  changed  Mah, Christopher
  
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  Citation: Mah, C.; Hansson, H. (2013). Astropecten irregularis irregularis (Pennant, 1777). 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=125199 on 2013-05-20
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