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Astropecten pontoporeus Sladen, 1883 
AphiaID: 213236

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Asterozoa (Subphylum) > Asteroidea (Class) > Valvatacea (Superorder) > Paxillosida (Order) > Astropectinidae (Family) > Astropecten (Genus)
Status unaccepted unaccepted (Subspecies according to Doderlein (1917))
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Accepted name  Astropecten irregularis (Pennant, 1777)
Rank Species
Parent Astropecten Gray, 1840
Sources  basis of record: Clark, A.M. and J. Courtman-Stock. (1976). The echinoderms of southern Africa. Publ. No. 766. British Museum (Nat. Hist), London. 277 pp. [details]

Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
Link To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection
Note  Type locality: Type locality: Simon's bay, False bay. [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:213236
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
1999-09-30 19:39:51Z  created  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2009-01-11 20:59:00Z  changed  Mah, Christopher
  
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  Citation: Mah, C. (2013). Astropecten pontoporeus Sladen, 1883. 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=213236 on 2013-06-20
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