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Astropecten mascarena Doderlein, 1917 
AphiaID: 368652

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Asterozoa (Subphylum) > Asteroidea (Class) > Valvatacea (Superorder) > Paxillosida (Order) > Astropectinidae (Family) > Astropecten (Genus)
Status unaccepted unaccepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Accepted name  Astropecten mauritianus Gray, 1840
Rank Species
Parent Astropecten Gray, 1840
Source  original description: Doderlein, L. (1917). Die Asteriden der Siboga-Expedition. 1. Die Gattung Astropecten und ihre Stammesgeschichte. Siboga-Expedition 46a: 1-190. [details]

Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
Note  Status: A variety of A. mauritianus according to Doderlein (1917) but not distinct according to John (1948) [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:368652
Taxonomic
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2008-10-22 01:37:08Z  created  Mah, Christopher
2009-01-11 20:59:00Z  changed  Mah, Christopher
  
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  Citation: Mah, C. (2013). Astropecten mascarena Doderlein, 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=368652 on 2013-05-23
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