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Bunaster Doderlein, 1896 
AphiaID: 292781

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Asterozoa (Subphylum) > Asteroidea (Class) > Valvatacea (Superorder) > Valvatida (Order) > Ophidiasteridae (Family)
Status accepted
Record
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Rank Genus
Parent Ophidiasteridae Verrill, 1870
Source  basis of record: Marsh, L.M. (1991). A revision of the echinoderm genus Bunaster (Asteroidea; Ophidiasteridae). Records of the Western Australian Museum 15(2): 419-433. [details]

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 Species Bunaster lithodes Fisher, 1917
Species Bunaster ritteri Doderlein, 1896
Species Bunaster uniserialis H.L. Clark, 1921
Species Bunaster variegatus H.L. Clark, 1938
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:292781
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2008-01-25 09:35:43Z  created  Mah, Christopher
  
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  Citation: Mah, C. (2013). Bunaster Doderlein, 1896. 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=292781 on 2013-06-19
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