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Euretaster Fisher, 1940 
AphiaID: 206389

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Asterozoa (Subphylum) > Asteroidea (Class) > Velatida (Order) > Pterasteridae (Family)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Genus
Parent Pterasteridae Perrier, 1875
Source  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]

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 Species Euretaster attenuatus Jangoux, 1984
Species Euretaster cribrosus (von Martens, 1867)
Species Euretaster insignis (Sladen, 1882)
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
Link To GenBank
Note  Remark: Type species: Retaster insignis Sladen, 1882 by original designation (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:206389
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
1999-09-05 09:29:22Z  created  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2000-09-26 07:19:20Z  changed  Garcia, Maria
2008-01-24 09:19:09Z  changed  Mah, Christopher
  
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  Citation: Mah, C. (2013). Euretaster Fisher, 1940. 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=206389 on 2013-05-26
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