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Echinaster (Othilia) echinophorus (Lamarck, 1816) 
AphiaID: 178748

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Asterozoa (Subphylum) > Asteroidea (Class) > Spinulosacea (Superorder) > Spinulosida (Order) > Echinasteridae (Family) > Echinaster (Genus) > Echinaster (Othilia) (Subgenus)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Echinaster (Othilia) Gray, 1840 represented as Echinaster Müller & Troschel, 1840
Synonymised
taxa		  Asterias echinophora Lamarck, 1816
 Asterias spinosa Retzius, 1805 (Homonym)
 Echinaster (Othilia) crassispina Verrill, 1868 (Synonym according to Verrill (1915))
 Echinaster (Othilia) spinosus (Retzius, 1805) (Synonym according to Fisher (1919))
 Stellonia spinosa Nardo, 1834 (Invalid Synonym)
Sources  basis of record: Clark, A.M. (1996). An index of names of recent Asteroidea, part 3. Velatida and Spinulosida, in: Jangoux, M.; Lawrence, J.M. (Ed.) (1996). Echinoderm Studies, 5: pp. 183-250 (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]

additional source: Pawson, D. L., D. J. Vance, C. G. Messing, F. A. Solis-Marin, and C. L. Mah. 2009. Echinodermata of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1177–1204 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College S [details]

Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
Distribution Bahamas [details]
Cape Frio [details]
Caribbean Sea [details]
Cuba [details]
Dominican Republic [details]
Florida [details]
Gulf of Mexico [details]
Guyanas [details]
Jamaica [details]
Nicaragua [details]
Puerto Rico [details]
Venezuela [details]
Yucatan [details]
Links To Encyclopedia of Life
To The echinoderms of Panama LifeDesks
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection
Image 
Echinaster (Othilia) echinophorus from Brazil
Echinaster (Othilia) echinophorus from Brazil
added on 2009-03-23 - author: Wirtz, Peter
qualitystatus: checked by Mah, Christopher on 2009-03-23 16:26:06
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:178748
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2005-08-05 07:22:50Z  created  Aracina, Claudia
2008-10-26 05:06:00Z  changed  Mah, Christopher
  
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  Citation: Mah, C. (2013). Echinaster (Othilia) echinophorus (Lamarck, 1816). 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=178748 on 2013-05-25
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