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Asterodon Perrier, 1891 
AphiaID: 146079

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Asterozoa (Subphylum) > Asteroidea (Class) > Valvatacea (Superorder) > Valvatida (Order) > Odontasteridae (Family)
Status unaccepted unaccepted (synonym)
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Accepted name  Odontaster Verrill, 1880
Rank Genus
Parent Odontasteridae Verrill, 1899
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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Species Asterodon dilatatus Fell, 1953 accepted as Diplodontias dilatatus (Perrier, 1875)
Species Asterodon granulosus Perrier, 1891 accepted as Diplodontias singularis granulosus Perrier, 1891
Species Asterodon grayi Perrier, 1891 accepted as Acodontaster elongatus granuliferus (Koehler, 1912)
Species Asterodon miliaris Benham, 1909 accepted as Diplodontias miliaris (Gray, 1847)
Species Asterodon pedicellaris Perrier, 1891 accepted as Odontaster penicillatus (Philippi, 1870)
Species Asterodon robustus Fell, 1953 accepted as Diplodontias robustus (Fell, 1953)
Species Asterodon singularis Perrier, 1891 accepted as Diplodontias singularis (Müller & Troschel, 1843)
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
Link To ITIS
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:146079
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). Asterodon Perrier, 1891. 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=146079 on 2013-05-24
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