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Calliaster baccatus Sladen, 1889 
AphiaID: 213263

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Asterozoa (Subphylum) > Asteroidea (Class) > Valvatacea (Superorder) > Valvatida (Order) > Goniasteridae (Family) > Calliaster (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Calliaster Gray, 1840
Sources  original description: Sladen, W.P. (1889). Report on the Asteroidea. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-1876, Zoology 30(51): xlii + 893 pages 118 plates. [details]

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
Distribution South Africa (country) [details]
Links To Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection
Note  Type locality: Type locality: Simon's Bay, False Bay, 9-23 m. (Clark & Courtman-Stock, 1976). [details]
Image 
Calliaster baccatus, South Africa
Calliaster baccatus, South Africa
added on 2009-02-19 - author: Picton, Bernard
qualitystatus: checked by Picton, Bernard on 2009-02-19 20:14:19
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:213263
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
1999-09-30 19:39:51Z  created  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2000-09-26 07:19:20Z  changed  Garcia, Maria
2008-10-18 04:20:59Z  changed  Mah, Christopher
  
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  Citation: Mah, C. (2013). Calliaster baccatus Sladen, 1889. 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=213263 on 2013-06-19
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