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Astrostephane moluccana (Fisher, 1916) 
AphiaID: 254853

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Asterozoa (Subphylum) > Asteroidea (Class) > Forcipulatacea (Superorder) > Brisingida (Order) > Brisingidae (Family) > Astrostephane (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Astrostephane Fisher, 1917
Synonymised
taxa		  Brisinga moluccana Fisher, 1916
 Brisingenes delli Fell, 1958 (synonym according to Baker & Clark (1970))
Sources  additional source: Mah, C.L., D.G. McKnight, M.K. Eagle, D.L. Pawson, N. Ameziane, D.J. Vance, A.N. Baker, H.E.S. Clark, and N. Alcock. 2009. Phylum Echinodermata. In Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) The New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch; 371-400.  [details]

original description (from synonym): Fell, H.B. (1958). Deep-sea echinoderms of New Zealand. Zoology Publications from Victoria University of Wellington 24: 1-40, available online at http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/tei-Vic24Zool.html [details] [view taxon]

Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
Distribution New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Links To Encyclopedia of Life
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:254853
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2007-12-19 07:06:44Z  created  Mah, Christopher
2007-12-20 05:35:58Z  changed  Mah, Christopher
  
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  Citation: Mah, C. (2013). Astrostephane moluccana (Fisher, 1916). 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=254853 on 2013-06-19
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