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Benthopecten fischeri (Perrier, 1894) 
AphiaID: 178227

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Asterozoa (Subphylum) > Asteroidea (Class) > Valvatacea (Superorder) > Notomyotida (Order) > Benthopectinidae (Family) > Benthopecten (Genus)
Status unaccepted unaccepted (Synonym)
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Accepted name  Benthopecten spinosus Verrill, 1884
Rank Species
Parent Benthopecten Verrill, 1884
Synonymised
taxa
  Pararchaster fischeri Perrier, 1894
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]

Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
Distribution Canary Basin [details]
Iberian Basin [details]
Link To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection
Notes  Spelling: Lapsus fisheri Sibuet 1975: 291  [details]

Synonymy: A synonym of Benthopecten spinosus Verrill, 1884 according to Macan (1938) but a possible synonym of Benthopecten simplex (Perrier, 1881) according to A.M. Clark (1981). [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:178227
Taxonomic
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Date   action   by
2005-07-29 11:05:05Z  created  Braeckman, Ulrike
2009-01-19 15:30:12Z  changed  Mah, Christopher
  
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  Citation: Mah, C. (2013). Benthopecten fischeri (Perrier, 1894). 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=178227 on 2013-06-20
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