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Acodontaster capitatus (Koehler, 1912) 
AphiaID: 172766

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Asterozoa (Subphylum) > Asteroidea (Class) > Valvatacea (Superorder) > Valvatida (Order) > Odontasteridae (Family) > Acodontaster (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Acodontaster Verrill, 1899
Synonymised
taxa		  Acodontaster elongatus f. capitatus (Koehler, 1912)
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]

from synonym: Danis B & Jangoux M, 2006. The SCAR-MarBIN Register of Antarctic Marine Species: Asteroidea. World Wide Web electronic publication., available online at http://www.scarmarbin.be [details] [view taxon]

from synonym: Clark AM. An index of names of recent Asteroidea. In: Jangoux, M.; Lawrence, J.M. (Ed.) Echinoderm Studies, volumes 2-6 . Balkema: Rotterdam, The Netherlands. [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]
Antarctic Peninsula [details]
Balleny Islands [details]
Bellingshausen Sea [details]
Enderby Land [details]
Graham Land [details]
Ross Sea [details]
Victoria Land [details]
Links To Antarctic Invertebrates
To Barcode of Life (9 barcodes)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:172766
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2005-07-12 13:53:46Z  created  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2008-06-11 12:57:51Z  checked  Danis, Bruno
2008-10-24 23:33:30Z  changed  Mah, Christopher
  
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  Citation: Mah, C.; Danis, B. (2013). Acodontaster capitatus (Koehler, 1912). 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=172766 on 2013-05-18
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