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Gilbertaster Fisher, 1906 
AphiaID: 254794

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Asterozoa (Subphylum) > Asteroidea (Class) > Valvatacea (Superorder) > Valvatida (Order) > Goniasteridae (Family) > Hippasterinae (Subfamily)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Genus
Parent Hippasterinae
Source  original description: Fisher, W.K. (1906). The starfishes of the Hawaiian islands. Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission, 23: 987-1130. [details]

Direct child
taxa
[show all]		 Species Gilbertaster anacanthus Fisher, 1906
Species Gilbertaster caribaea Verrill, 1899

Species Gilbertaster brodiei McKnight, 1973 accepted as Gilbertaster anacanthus Fisher, 1906
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
Link To GenBank
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:254794
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2007-12-17 23:27:22Z  created  Mah, Christopher
2007-12-20 06:34:18Z  changed  Mah, Christopher
2010-09-21 17:11:41Z  changed  Mah, Christopher
  
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  Citation: Mah, C. (2013). Gilbertaster Fisher, 1906. 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=254794 on 2013-06-19
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