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Perknaster Sladen, 1889 
AphiaID: 172579

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Asterozoa (Subphylum) > Asteroidea (Class) > Valvatacea (Superorder) > Valvatida (Order) > Ganeriidae (Family)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Genus
Typetaxon Perknaster fuscus Sladen, 1889
Parent Ganeriidae Sladen, 1889
Synonymised
taxa		  Cribellopsis Koehler, 1917 (A synonym according to Fisher (1940))
 Cribraster Perrier, 1891 (A synonym according to Fisher (1940))
 Cryaster Koehler, 1906 (A synonym according to Fisher (1940))
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: Clarke, A.; Johnston, N.M. (2003). Antarctic marine benthic diversity. Oceanogr. Mar. Biol. Ann. Rev. 41: 47-114 (look up in IMIS) [details]

Direct child
taxa
[show all]		 Species Perknaster antarcticus (Koehler, 1906)
Species Perknaster aurantiacus Koehler, 1912
Species Perknaster aurorae (Koehler, 1920)
Species Perknaster charcoti (Koehler, 1912)
Species Perknaster densus Sladen, 1889
Species Perknaster fuscus Sladen, 1889
Species Perknaster sladeni (Perrier, 1891)
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
Link To GenBank
Image 
Perknaster sp.
Perknaster sp.
added on 2007-05-05 - author: Martin Rauschert
qualitystatus: checked by Mah, Christopher on 2009-01-17 03:11:40
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:172579
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2005-07-12 13:53:46Z  created  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2005-07-28 06:51:10Z  changed  Braeckman, Ulrike
2008-06-11 12:57:51Z  checked  Danis, Bruno
2008-12-08 02:38:14Z  changed  Mah, Christopher
  
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  Citation: Mah, C.; Danis, B. (2013). Perknaster 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=172579 on 2013-05-21
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