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Astropectinides mesactus (Sladen, 1883) 
AphiaID: 178676

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Asterozoa (Subphylum) > Asteroidea (Class) > Valvatacea (Superorder) > Paxillosida (Order) > Astropectinidae (Family) > Astropectinides (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Astropectinides Verrill, 1914
Synonymised
taxa
  Astropecten mesactus Sladen, 1883
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 Gough Island [details]
Tristan da Cunha [details]
Link To Encyclopedia of Life
Note  Spelling: Lapsus mesacutus Verrill 1914 [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:178676
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2005-08-04 07:50:58Z  created  Aracina, Claudia
2008-01-26 04:29:56Z  changed  Mah, Christopher
  
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  Citation: Mah, C. (2013). Astropectinides mesactus (Sladen, 1883). 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=178676 on 2013-05-20
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