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Tosia magnifica (Muller & Troschel, 1842) 
AphiaID: 344749

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Asterozoa (Subphylum) > Asteroidea (Class) > Valvatacea (Superorder) > Valvatida (Order) > Goniasteridae (Family) > Pentagonasterinae (Subfamily) > Tosia (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Tosia Gray, 1840
Synonymised
taxa		  Astrogonium australe Müller & Troschel, 1842 (Synonym according to A.M. Clark (1953))
 Astrogonium emili Perrier, 1869 (Synonym according to A.M. Clark (1953))
 Astrogonium magnificum Müller & Troschel, 1842
 Astrogonium ornatum Müller & Troschel, 1842 (Synonym according to A.M. Clark (1953))
 Pentagonaster auratus (Gray, 1847) (Synonym according to A.M. Clark (1953))
 Pentagonaster grandis (Gray, 1847) (Synonym according to A.M. Clark (1953))
 Pentagonaster magnificus Perrier, 1894
 Pentagonaster ornatus Müller & Troschel, 1842 (A synonym according to A.M. Clark (1953))
 Tosia aurata Gray, 1847
 Tosia grandis Gray, 1847
Sources  basis of record: Mah, C. (2007). Systematics, phylogeny and historical biogeography of the Pentagonaster clade (Asteroidea: Valvatida: Goniasteridae). Invertebrate Systematics 21: 311-339. [details]

additional source: Clark, A.M. (1953). Notes on asteroids in the British Museum (Natural History). III. Luidia. IV. Tosia and Pentagonaster. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Zoology 1(12): 379-411. [details]

Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
Distribution Port Phillip Bay [details]
Tasmania [details]
Links To Barcode of Life (14 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To GenBank (31 nucleotides; 15 proteins)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection
Images 
Tosia magnifica aboral surfac
Tosia magnifica aboral surfac
added on 2009-03-15 - author: Mah, Christopher
qualitystatus: checked by Mah, Christopher on 2009-03-15 15:25:53

Tosia magnifica oral surfac
Tosia magnifica oral surfac
added on 2009-03-15 - author: Mah, Christopher
qualitystatus: checked by Mah, Christopher on 2009-03-15 15:26:49
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:344749
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2008-04-18 17:32:52Z  created  Mah, Christopher
  
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  Citation: Mah, C. (2013). Tosia magnifica (Muller & Troschel, 1842). 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=344749 on 2013-05-20
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