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Johannaster Koehler, 1909 
AphiaID: 368821

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Asterozoa (Subphylum) > Asteroidea (Class) > Valvatacea (Superorder) > Valvatida (Order) > Goniasteridae (Family)
Status accepted
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Rank Genus
Parent Goniasteridae Forbes, 1841
Source  original description: Koehler, R. (1909). An account of the deep-sea Asteroidea collected by the Royal Indian Marine Survey Ship Investigator. Echinoderma of the Indian Museum Part 5: 115-131.  [details]

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 Species Johannaster superbus Koehler, 1909

Species Johannaster giganteus Goto, 1914 accepted as Mariaster giganteus (Goto, 1914)
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:368821
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2008-10-23 02:03:00Z  created  Mah, Christopher
  
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  Citation: Mah, C. (2013). Johannaster Koehler, 1909. 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=368821 on 2013-05-23
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