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Ceramaster japonicus (Sladen, 1889) 
AphiaID: 368808

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Asterozoa (Subphylum) > Asteroidea (Class) > Valvatacea (Superorder) > Valvatida (Order) > Goniasteridae (Family) > Ceramaster (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Ceramaster Verrill, 1899
Synonymised
taxa		  Mediaster japonicus Verrill, 1899
 Pentagonaster japonica Sladen, 1889
Sources  original description: Sladen, W.P. (1889). Report on the Asteroidea. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-1876, Zoology 30(51): xlii + 893 pages 118 plates. [details]

additional source: Imaoka T, Irimura S, Okutani T, Oguro C, Oji T, Shigei M, Horikawa H. (1990). Echinoderms from the Continental Shelf and Slope around Japan. Japan Fisheries Resource Conservation Association. vol. I.1-159. [details]

context source (Deepsea): Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]

Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
Distribution Bering Sea [details]
Hokkaido [details]
Japan [details]
Tosa Bay [details]
Links To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection
To ITIS
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:368808
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2008-10-23 00:16:05Z  created  Mah, Christopher
  
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  Citation: Mah, C. (2013). Ceramaster japonicus (Sladen, 1889). 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=368808 on 2013-05-19
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