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Dissogenes Fisher, 1913 
AphiaID: 254914

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Asterozoa (Subphylum) > Asteroidea (Class) > Valvatacea (Superorder) > Valvatida (Order) > Ophidiasteridae (Family)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Genus
Parent Ophidiasteridae Verrill, 1870
Sources  original description: Fisher, W.K. (1913). Four new genera and fifty-eight new species of starfishes from the Philippine Islands, Celebes, and the Moluccas. Proceedings of the US National Museum, 43: 599-648. [details]

additional source: Fisher, W.K. (1919). Starfishes of the Philippine seas and adjacent waters. Bulletin of the United States National Museum, 3(100): 1-547. 156 pls. [details]

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 Species Dissogenes petersi Jangoux, 1981
Species Dissogenes styracia Fisher, 1913
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:254914
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2007-12-22 16:14:03Z  created  Mah, Christopher
  
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  Citation: Mah, C. (2013). Dissogenes Fisher, 1913. 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=254914 on 2013-05-20
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