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Macroptychaster H.E.S. Clark, 1963 
AphiaID: 234929

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Asterozoa (Subphylum) > Asteroidea (Class) > Valvatacea (Superorder) > Paxillosida (Order) > Astropectinidae (Family)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Genus
Parent Astropectinidae Gray, 1840
Sources  basis of record: Clark AM. An index of names of recent Asteroidea. In: Jangoux, M.; Lawrence, J.M. (Ed.) Echinoderm Studies, volumes 2-6 . Balkema: Rotterdam, The Netherlands. [details]

additional source: Danis B & Jangoux M, 2006. The SCAR-MarBIN Register of Antarctic Marine Species: Asteroidea. World Wide Web electronic publication., available online at http://www.scarmarbin.be [details]

Direct child
taxa
[show all]		 Species Macroptychaster accrescens (Koehler, 1920)
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
Link To GenBank
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:234929
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2006-12-04 08:41:33Z  created  Charbonneau, Danny
2008-06-11 12:57:51Z  checked  Danis, Bruno
2009-01-17 01:37:51Z  changed  Mah, Christopher
  
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  Citation: Mah, C.; Danis, B. (2013). Macroptychaster H.E.S. Clark, 1963. 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=234929 on 2013-05-23
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