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Orthasterias Verrill, 1914 
AphiaID: 146038

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Asterozoa (Subphylum) > Asteroidea (Class) > Forcipulatacea (Superorder) > Forcipulatida (Order) > Asteriidae (Family)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Genus
Parent Asteriidae Gray, 1840
Source  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]

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[show all]		 Species Orthasterias koehleri (deLoriol, 1897)

Species Orthasterias biordinata Verrill, 1914 accepted as Orthasterias koehleri (deLoriol, 1897)
Species Orthasterias californica Verrill, 1914 accepted as Astrometis californica (Verrill, 1914) accepted as Astrometis sertulifera (Xantus, 1860)
Species Orthasterias columbiana Verrill, 1914 accepted as Orthasterias koehleri (deLoriol, 1897)
Species Orthasterias contorta (Perrier, 1881) accepted as Sclerasterias contorta (Perrier, 1881)
Species Orthasterias dawsoni Verrill, 1914 accepted as Astrometis sertulifera (Xantus, 1860)
Species Orthasterias eustyla (Sladen, 1889) accepted as Sclerasterias eustyla (Sladen, 1889)
Species Orthasterias forreri (de Loriol, 1888) accepted as Stylasterias forreri (deLoriol, 1887)
Species Orthasterias gonolena Verrill, 1914 accepted as Astrometis sertulifera (Xantus, 1860)
Species Orthasterias leptolena Verrill, 1914 accepted as Stylasterias forreri (deLoriol, 1887)
Species Orthasterias leptostyla Fisher, 1928 accepted as Orthasterias koehleri (deLoriol, 1897)
Species Orthasterias merriami Verrill, 1914 accepted as Leptasterias (Hexasterias) coei Verrill, 1914
Species Orthasterias montereyensis Fisher, 1928 accepted as Orthasterias koehleri (deLoriol, 1897)
Species Orthasterias subangulosa Verrill, 1914 accepted as Sclerasterias subangulosa Fisher, 1928 accepted as Sclerasterias contorta (Perrier, 1881)
Species Orthasterias tanneri Verrill, 1914 accepted as Sclerasterias tanneri (Verrill, 1880)
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
Links To GenBank
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Note  p.p. [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:146038
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  Hansson, Hans
2007-12-28 03:06:27Z  changed  Mah, Christopher
  
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  Citation: Mah, C.; Hansson, H. (2013). Orthasterias Verrill, 1914. 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=146038 on 2013-05-21
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