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Eugoniaster Verrill, 1899 
AphiaID: 146075

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Asterozoa (Subphylum) > Asteroidea (Class) > Valvatacea (Superorder) > Valvatida (Order) > Goniasteridae (Family)
Status unaccepted unaccepted (synonym)
Record
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Accepted name  Plinthaster Verrill, 1899
Rank Genus
Parent Goniasteridae Forbes, 1841
Sources  original description: Verrill, A.E. (1899). Revision of certain genera and species of starfishes, with descriptions of new forms. Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences, 10(1): 145-234 [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]

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Species Eugoniaster doederleini Macan, 1938 accepted as Plinthaster doederleini (Koehler, 1909)
Species Eugoniaster ephemeralis Macan, 1938 accepted as Plinthaster ephemeralis Macan, 1938
Species Eugoniaster investigatoris Verrill, 1899 accepted as Plinthaster investigatoris (Alcock, 1893)
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:146075
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Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  Hansson, Hans
2008-12-07 17:24:06Z  changed  Mah, Christopher
  
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  Citation: Mah, C.; Hansson, H. (2013). Eugoniaster Verrill, 1899. 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=146075 on 2013-05-18
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