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Eremicaster crassus (Sladen, 1883) 
AphiaID: 178726

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Asterozoa (Subphylum) > Asteroidea (Class) > Valvatacea (Superorder) > Paxillosida (Order) > Porcellanasteridae (Family) > Eremicaster (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Eremicaster Fisher, 1905
Synonymised
taxa		  Eremicaster gracilis Macan, 1938 (Synonym according to Belyaev (1958), Madsen (1961))
 Eremicaster tenebrarius (Fisher, 1905) (Synonym according to Belyaev (1958))
 Eremicaster tenebrarius Macan, 1938 (synonym according to Madsen (1961).)
 Eremicaster waltherii (Ludwig, 1905) (Synonym according to Belyaev (1985).)
 Porcellanaster crassus Sladen, 1883
 Porcellanaster gracilis Sladen, 1883 (Synonym according to Belyaev (1985).)
 Porcellanaster tenebrarius Fisher, 1905 (Synonym according to Belyaev (1985).)
 Porcellanaster waltharii Ludwig, 1905 (Synonym according to Fisher (1911) and Belyaev (1985))
Sources  basis of record: Clark, A.M. (1989). An index of names of recent Asteroidea, part 1: Paxillosida and Notomyotida, in: Jangoux, M.; Lawrence, J.M. (Ed.) (1989). Echinoderm Studies, 3: pp. 225-347 (look up in IMIS) [details]

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]

from synonym: Ludwig, H. (1905). Asteroidea. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard. 32: 292 pp. [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]
Argentine Basin [details]
Brazil Basin [details]
Indo-Pacific [details]
Links To Antarctic Invertebrates
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection
Note  Distribution: Distribution: Indian Ocean (A.M. Clark, 1989). [details]
Images 
Eremicaster crassus
Eremicaster crassus
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Eremicaster crassus
Eremicaster crassus
added on 2007-08-29 - author: Wilmes, Jennifer ()
qualitystatus: not checked

Eremicaster crassus
Eremicaster crassus
added on 2007-08-29 - author: Wilmes, Jennifer ()
qualitystatus: not checked
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:178726
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2005-08-05 07:22:50Z  created  Aracina, Claudia
2008-06-11 09:51:08Z  checked  Danis, Bruno
2009-01-17 21:50:33Z  changed  Mah, Christopher
  
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  Citation: Mah, C.; Danis, B. (2013). Eremicaster crassus (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=178726 on 2013-05-23
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