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Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorTritonaster Fisher, 1906 
AphiaID: 292835

Classification: Biota > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorAnimalia (Kingdom) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorEchinodermata (Phylum) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorAsterozoa (Subphylum) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorAsteroidea (Class) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorValvatacea (Superorder) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorPaxillosida (Order) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorAstropectinidae (Family) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorTritonaster (Genus)
Status accepted
Rank Genus
Parent Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorAstropectinidae Gray, 1840
Sources  original description Fisher, W.K. (1906). The starfishes of the Hawaiian islands. Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission, 23: 987-1130., available online at http://fishbull.noaa.gov/23-3/fisher1.pdf [details]

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[sort alpha..]		 Species Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorTritonaster ceramicus Döderlein, 1921
Species Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorTritonaster craspedotus Fisher, 1906
Species Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorTritonaster evorus Fisher, 1913
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:292835
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2008-01-26 09:54:06Z  created  Mah, Christopher
  
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  Citation: Mah, C. (2015). Tritonaster Fisher, 1906. In: Mah, C.L. (2015) World Asteroidea database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=292835 on 2016-09-28
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