WoRMS taxon details
Trophodiscus Fisher, 1917
AphiaID: 292839
AphiaID: 292839
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Asterozoa (Subphylum) > Asteroidea (Class) > Valvatacea (Superorder) > Paxillosida (Order) > Astropectinidae (Family) |
| Status | accepted | |||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | |||||||
| Rank | Genus | |||||||
| Parent | Astropectinidae Gray, 1840 | |||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Leptychaster (Trophodiscus) (Fisher, 1917) (Restored to genus by Djakonov (1950).) | |||||||
| Source | Not documented | |||||||
| Direct child taxa [show all] | Species Trophodiscus almus Fisher, 1917 Species Trophodiscus uber Djakonov, 1927 | |||||||
| Environment | marine, | |||||||
| Fossil range | recent only | |||||||
| Note |
Validity: A subgenus of Leptychaster E.A. Smith, 1876 according to Fisher (1940) but treated as a valid genus by Djakonov (1950). [details] | |||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:292839 | |||||||
| Taxonomic Edit history |
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| Citation: Mah, C. (2013). Trophodiscus Fisher, 1917. 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=292839 on 2013-05-21 | ||||||||
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