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Andora A.M. Clark, 1967 
AphiaID: 206718

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Asterozoa (Subphylum) > Asteroidea (Class) > Valvatacea (Superorder) > Valvatida (Order) > Ophidiasteridae (Family)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Genus
Parent Ophidiasteridae Verrill, 1870
Sources  original description: Clark, A.M. (1967). Notes on asteroids in the British Museum (Natural History) V. Nardoa and some other ophidiasterids. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Zoology 15(4): 167-198. [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]		 Subgenus Andora (Andora) A.M. Clark, 1967
  » Species Andora (Andora) bruuni Rowe, 1977
» Species Andora (Andora) faouzii (Macan, 1938)
Subgenus Andora (Dorana) Rowe, 1977
  » Species Andora (Dorana) popei Rowe, 1977
» Species Andora (Dorana) wilsoni Rowe, 1977
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
Note  Remark: Type species: Nardoa faouzii Macan, 1938 by original designation (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:206718
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
2006-09-05 08:30:55Z  changed  Martinez, Olga
2008-01-21 08:09:52Z  changed  Mah, Christopher
2008-01-25 09:35:43Z  changed  Mah, Christopher
  
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  Citation: Mah, C. (2013). Andora A.M. Clark, 1967. 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=206718 on 2013-05-23
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