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Astya aspidopora Cairns, 1991 
AphiaID: 289481

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Hydrozoa (Class) > Hydroidolina (Subclass) > Anthoathecata (Order) > Filifera (Suborder) > Stylasteridae (Family) > Astya (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Astya Stechow, 1921d
Sources  original description: Cairns, S.D., 1991. The Marine Fauna of New Zealand: Stylasteridae (Cnidaria: Hydroida). Mem. N.Z. oceanogr. Inst. 98 : 1-99.
page(s): 81 [details]

basis of record: S.D. Cairns & J. van der Land, 2000-2007, as a contribution to UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source: Cairns, S.D., 2009. Stylasteridae, Scleractinia (Cnidaria). In: Gordon, D. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume One: Kingdom Animalia. 584 pp [details]

additional source: Cairns, S.D., B.W. Hoeksema, and J.Van Der Land, 1999. Appendix: List of extant stony corals. Atoll Research Bulletin 459: 13-46. [details]

Environment marine, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
Distribution New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
West Pacific [details]
Links To Antarctic Invertebrates
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection
To ITIS
Notes  Biology: calcareous colonies, no free medusae [details]

Depth range: 590-640 m [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:289481
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2008-01-16 10:35:54Z  created  van der Land, Jacob
2010-09-03 11:32:00Z  checked  Schuchert, Peter
2010-09-24 12:25:57Z  changed  Cairns, Stephen
  
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  Citation: Cairns, S.; Schuchert, P. (2013). Astya aspidopora Cairns, 1991. In: Schuchert, P. (2013) World Hydrozoa database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=289481 on 2013-05-25
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