WoRMS taxon details
Moiraster Sladen, 1889
AphiaID: 146055
AphiaID: 146055
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Asterozoa (Subphylum) > Asteroidea (Class) > Valvatacea (Superorder) > Paxillosida (Order) > Astropectinidae (Family) |
| Status |  unaccepted (synonym according to A.M. & A.H. Clark (1954)) | ||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||
| Accepted name | Tethyaster Sladen, 1889 | ||||||||||
| Rank | Genus | ||||||||||
| Parent | Astropectinidae Gray, 1840 | ||||||||||
| Sources |
original description: Sladen, W.P. (1889). Report on the Asteroidea. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-1876, Zoology 30(51): xlii + 893 pages 118 plates. [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] | ||||||||||
| Direct child taxa [show all] | Species Moiraster gigas Caso, 1947 accepted as Tethyaster canaliculatus (A.H. Clark, 1916) Species Moiraster magnificus Sladen, 1889 accepted as Tethyaster magnificus (Bell, 1881) Species Moiraster magnificus A.H. Clark, 1950 accepted as Tethyaster vestitus (Say, 1825) | ||||||||||
| Environment | marine, | ||||||||||
| Fossil range | recent only | ||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:146055 | ||||||||||
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| Citation: Mah, C.; Hansson, H. (2013). Moiraster Sladen, 1889. 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=146055 on 2013-05-25 | |||||||||||
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