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Astroceras spinigerum Mortensen, 1933 
AphiaID: 243162

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Asterozoa (Subphylum) > Ophiuroidea (Class) > Euryalida (Order) > Euryalidae (Family) > Euryalinae (Subfamily) > Astroceras (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Astroceras Lyman, 1879
Synonymised
taxa		  Asteroceras spinigerum Mortensen, 1933 (misspelling)
Sources  original description: Mortensen, T. (1933). Echinoderms of South Africa (Asteroidea and Ophiuroidea). Vidensk. Meddel. Kjobenhavn 93: 215-490. [details]

basis of record: Stöhr Sabine (look up in IMIS) [details]

from synonym: Clark, A.M. and J. Courtman-Stock. (1976). The echinoderms of southern Africa. Publ. No. 766. British Museum (Nat. Hist), London. 277 pp. [details] [view taxon]

Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution South Africa (country) (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Link To Encyclopedia of Life
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:243162
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2007-07-18 12:17:12Z  created  Stöhr, Sabine
2007-09-13 10:46:32Z  changed  Stöhr, Sabine
  
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  Citation: Stöhr, S. (2013). Astroceras spinigerum Mortensen, 1933. In: Stöhr, S. & O’Hara, T. (Eds) (2013) World Ophiuroidea database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=243162 on 2013-05-19
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