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Asterinopsis Verrill, 1913 
AphiaID: 177958

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Asterozoa (Subphylum) > Asteroidea (Class) > Valvatacea (Superorder) > Valvatida (Order) > Asterinidae (Family)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Genus
Parent Asterinidae Gray, 1840
Source  basis of record: 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]

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taxa
[show all]		 Species Asterinopsis lymani (Perrier, 1881)
Species Asterinopsis pedicellaris (Fisher, 1913)
Species Asterinopsis penicillaris (Lamarck, 1816)
Species Asterinopsis pilosa (Perrier, 1881)
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
Link To ITIS
Note  Validity: The name Asterinopsis is retained because the identity of the type species Asterias penicillaris Lamarck, 1816 is uncertain since no type material extant (Mortensen, 1933a) and the figure from Linck (1733, pl.34, no.57) might represent any short-rayed stellate asterinid with blunt arm tips. If current reorganization of the asteroid collection in the Paris Museum doesn't reveal Lamarck's type material of A. penicellaris, a new generic name would be desirable for these asterinids. [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:177958
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2005-07-28 06:51:10Z  created  Braeckman, Ulrike
2008-12-10 02:34:30Z  changed  Mah, Christopher
  
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  Citation: Mah, C. (2013). Asterinopsis Verrill, 1913. 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=177958 on 2013-05-26
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