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Allostichaster polyplax (Muller & Troschel, 1844) 
AphiaID: 291590

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Asterozoa (Subphylum) > Asteroidea (Class) > Forcipulatacea (Superorder) > Forcipulatida (Order) > Stichasteridae (Family) > Allostichaster (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Allostichaster Verrill, 1914
Synonymised
taxa
  Asterias polyplax Perrier, 1875
Stichaster polyplax Sladen, 1889
Source  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]

Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
Distribution Chatham Islands [details]
New Zealand [details]
New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Links To Antarctic Invertebrates
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (17 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:291590
Taxonomic
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2008-01-19 09:31:50Z  created  Mah, Christopher
  
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  Citation: Mah, C. (2013). Allostichaster polyplax (Muller & Troschel, 1844). 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=291590 on 2013-05-25
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