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Acanthaster brevispinus seychellensis Jangoux & Aziz, 1984 
AphiaID: 224140

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Asterozoa (Subphylum) > Asteroidea (Class) > Valvatacea (Superorder) > Valvatida (Order) > Acanthasteridae (Family) > Acanthaster (Genus) > Acanthaster brevispinus (Species)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Subspecies
Parent Acanthaster brevispinus Fisher, 1917
Source  original description: Jangoux, M. and A. Aziz. (1984). Les asterides (Echinodermes) du centre-ouest de l'ocean Indien (Seychelles, Maldives et iles Mineures). Bulletin du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris ser. 6(A)4: 857-884. [details]

Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
Distribution Seychelles [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:224140
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
1999-09-04 22:25:11Z  created  Vanden Berghe, Edward
1999-11-18 20:41:13Z  changed  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2008-12-23 04:29:04Z  changed  Mah, Christopher
  
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  Citation: Mah, C. (2013). Acanthaster brevispinus seychellensis Jangoux & Aziz, 1984. 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=224140 on 2013-05-24
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