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Protoreaster Doderlein, 1916 
AphiaID: 206421

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Asterozoa (Subphylum) > Asteroidea (Class) > Valvatacea (Superorder) > Valvatida (Order) > Oreasteridae (Family)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Genus
Parent Oreasteridae Fisher, 1911
Source  basis of record: Clark, A.M. (1993). An index of names of recent Asteroidea, part 2: Valvatida, in: Jangoux, M.; Lawrence, J.M. (Ed.) (1993). Echinoderm Studies, 4: pp. 187-366 (look up in IMIS) [details]

Direct child
taxa
[show all]		 Species Protoreaster lincki (Blainville, 1830)
Species Protoreaster nodosus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Protoreaster nodulosus (Perrier, 1875)
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
Link To GenBank
Note  Remark: Type species: Asterias nodosus Linnaeus, 1758 by subsequent designation (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:206421
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
1999-09-04 22:25:11Z  created  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2000-10-01 17:04:30Z  changed  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2008-01-25 09:35:43Z  changed  Mah, Christopher
  
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  Citation: Mah, C. (2013). Protoreaster Doderlein, 1916. 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=206421 on 2013-05-23
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