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Ophidiaster pustulatus (von Martens, 1866) 
AphiaID: 212311

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Asterozoa (Subphylum) > Asteroidea (Class) > Valvatacea (Superorder) > Valvatida (Order) > Ophidiasteridae (Family) > Ophidiaster (Genus)
Status unaccepted unaccepted (Synonym according to Doderlein (1926) and A.M. Clark in Clark & Rowe (1971))
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Accepted name  Ophidiaster hemprichi Müller & Troschel, 1842
Rank Species
Parent Ophidiaster L. Agassiz, 1836
Sources  source of synonymy: Walenkamp, J.H.C. (1990). Systematics and zoogeography of Asteroidea (Echinodermata) from Inhaca Island, Mozambique. Zoologische Verhandelingen 261, Leiden. 86 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]

source of synonymy: Döderlein, L. (1926). Ueber Asteriden aus dem Museum von Stockholm. Kungl. Svenska Vetenskapsakademiens Handlingar, Tredje Serien, Band 2, No. 6. 22 pp, 4 pls. [details]

Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
Distribution Aldabra [details]
Mascarene Basin [details]
Mozambique [details]
Seychelles [details]
Link To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection
Notes  Distribution: Also distributed in Guam (Clark, 1954). [details]

Remark: Regarded as a synonym by Doderlein (1926) and A.M. Clark in Clark & Rowe (1971) but treated as valid by Hayashi (1938) and A.H. Clark (1949) [details]

Type locality: Type locality: Flores, Amboina. [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:212311
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
1998-08-04 14:17:36Z  created  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2000-09-07 07:15:45Z  changed  Garcia, Maria
2009-02-01 01:36:32Z  changed  Mah, Christopher
  
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  Citation: Mah, C. (2013). Ophidiaster pustulatus (von Martens, 1866). 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=212311 on 2013-05-22
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