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Anthopleura stellula (Hemprich & Ehrenberg in Ehrenberg, 1834) 
AphiaID: 283375

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Hexacorallia (Subclass) > Actiniaria (Order) > Nyantheae (Suborder) > Thenaria (Infraorder) > Endomyaria (Superfamily) > Actiniidae (Family) > Anthopleura (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Anthopleura Duchassaing de Fonbressin & Michelotti, 1860
Synonymised
taxa		  Anthopleura elatensis
Sources  basis of record: J.C. den Hartog & J. van der Land, 2000-2007, as a contribution to UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source: Fautin, Daphne G. (2011). Hexacorallians of the World., available online at http://hercules.kgs.ku.edu/Hexacoral/Anemone2/ [details]

basis of record (from synonym): Vine, P. (1986). Red Sea Invertebrates. Immel Publishing, London. 224 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] [view taxon]

Environment marine, terrestrial
Distribution Red Sea (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
West Indian Ocean [details]
Host of  Staurosoma parasiticum Will, 1844 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Links To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection
To ITIS
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:283375
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2008-01-16 10:35:54Z  created  van der Land, Jacob
2009-09-14 12:31:43Z  changed  Fautin, Daphne
  
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  Citation: Fautin, D. (2013). Anthopleura stellula (Hemprich & Ehrenberg in Ehrenberg, 1834). In: Fautin, Daphne G. 2011. Hexacorallians of the World. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=283375 on 2013-06-19
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