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Lithosoma Fisher, 1911 
AphiaID: 206643

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Asterozoa (Subphylum) > Asteroidea (Class) > Valvatacea (Superorder) > Valvatida (Order) > Goniasteridae (Family)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Genus
Parent Goniasteridae Forbes, 1841
Sources  original description: Fisher, W.K. (1911). New genera of starfishes from the Philippine Islands. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 40: 415-427. [details]

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]

additional source: Nomenclator Zoologicus, available online at http://uio.mbl.edu/NomenclatorZoologicus/ [details]

Direct child
taxa
[show all]		 Species Lithosoma actinometra Fisher, 1911
Species Lithosoma japonica Hayashi, 1952
Species Lithosoma novaezelandiae McKnight, 1973
Species Lithosoma ochlerotatus Macan, 1938
Species Lithosoma penichra Fisher, 1917
Species Lithosoma pentaphylla (Alcock, 1893)

Species Lithosoma brevipes Doderlein, 1924 accepted as Lithosoma pentaphylla (Alcock, 1893)
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
Link To GenBank
Note  Remark: Type species: Lithosoma actinometra Fisher, 1911 (A.M. Clark, 1993). [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:206643
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
1999-09-02 20:23:25Z  created  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2000-09-26 07:19:20Z  changed  Garcia, Maria
2006-09-22 06:50:38Z  changed  Martinez, Olga
2008-01-21 06:51:38Z  changed  Mah, Christopher
  
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  Citation: Mah, C. (2013). Lithosoma Fisher, 1911. 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=206643 on 2013-05-23
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