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Gaussaster antarcticus (Sladen, 1889) 
AphiaID: 172736

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Asterozoa (Subphylum) > Asteroidea (Class) > Valvatacea (Superorder) > Notomyotida (Order) > Benthopectinidae (Family) > Gaussaster (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Gaussaster Ludwig, 1910
Synonymised
taxa		  Gaussaster vanhoeffeni Ludwig, 1910 (Synonym according to A.M. Clark (1962))
 Pararchaster antarcticus Sladen, 1889
Sources  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]

additional source: Clark, A.M. and M.E. Downey. (1992). Starfishes of the Atlantic. Chapman & Hall Identification Guides, 3. Chapman & Hall: London, UK. ISBN 0-412-43280-3. xxvi, 794 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]

original description (from synonym): 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] [view taxon]

context source (Deepsea): Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]

Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
Distribution Antarctic Ocean [details]
Argentine Basin [details]
Brazil Basin [details]
Cape Basin [details]
Enderby Land [details]
Southern Ocean [details]
Wilhelm II Land [details]
Links To Antarctic Invertebrates
To Encyclopedia of Life
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:172736
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2005-07-12 13:53:46Z  created  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2009-01-19 15:30:12Z  changed  Mah, Christopher
  
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  Citation: Mah, C. (2013). Gaussaster antarcticus (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=172736 on 2013-06-19
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