WoRMS taxon details
Ampheraster Fisher, 1923
AphiaID: 178776
AphiaID: 178776
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Asterozoa (Subphylum) > Asteroidea (Class) > Forcipulatacea (Superorder) > Forcipulatida (Order) > Pedicellasteridae (Family) |
| Status | accepted | ||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||
| Rank | Genus | ||||||||||
| Typetaxon | Sporasterias mariana Ludwig, 1905 | ||||||||||
| Parent | Pedicellasteridae Perrier, 1884 | ||||||||||
| 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] | ||||||||||
| Direct child taxa [show all] | Species Ampheraster alaminos Downey, 1971 Species Ampheraster atactus Fisher, 1928 Species Ampheraster chiroplus Fisher, 1928 Species Ampheraster distichopus (Fisher, 1917) Species Ampheraster hyperonchus (H.L. Clark, 1913) Species Ampheraster marianus (Ludwig, 1905) | ||||||||||
| Environment | marine, | ||||||||||
| Fossil range | recent only | ||||||||||
| Links | To GenBank To ITIS | ||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:178776 | ||||||||||
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| Citation: Mah, C. (2013). Ampheraster Fisher, 1923. 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=178776 on 2013-05-21 | |||||||||||
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