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Copidaster A.H.Clark, 1948 
AphiaID: 178175

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Asterozoa (Subphylum) > Asteroidea (Class) > Valvatacea (Superorder) > Valvatida (Order) > Ophidiasteridae (Family)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Genus
Typetaxon Copidaster lymani A.H.Clark, 1948 (type by original designation)
Parent Ophidiasteridae Verrill, 1870
Sources  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]

additional source: Miller, J.E. (1984). Systematics of the ophidiasterid sea stars Copidaster lymani A.H. Clark, and Hacelia superba H.L. Clark (Echinodermata: Asteroidea) with a key to species of Ophidiasteridae from the Western Atlantic. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 97(1): 194-208. [details]

Direct child
taxa
[show all]		 Species Copidaster cavernicola Solis-Marin & Laguarda-Figueras, 2010
Species Copidaster lymani A.H.Clark, 1948
Species Copidaster schismochilus (H.L.Clark, 1922)
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
Link To GenBank
Images 
Copidaster lymani
[image from typetaxon]
Copidaster lymani
added on 2009-03-13 - author: Wirtz, Peter
qualitystatus: checked by Mah, Christopher on 2009-03-13 12:18:01

Copidaster lymani from Principe Island
[image from typetaxon]
Copidaster lymani from Principe Island
added on 2009-03-23 - author: Wirtz, Peter
qualitystatus: checked by Mah, Christopher on 2009-03-23 16:03:31
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:178175
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2005-07-29 06:53:17Z  created  Braeckman, Ulrike
2008-01-25 09:35:43Z  changed  Mah, Christopher
  
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  Citation: Mah, C. (2013). Copidaster A.H.Clark, 1948. 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=178175 on 2013-05-24
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