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Mariaster giganteus (Goto, 1914) 
AphiaID: 368828

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Asterozoa (Subphylum) > Asteroidea (Class) > Valvatacea (Superorder) > Valvatida (Order) > Goniasteridae (Family) > Mariaster (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Mariaster A.H. Clark, 1916
Synonymised
taxa
  Johannaster giganteus Goto, 1914
Source  from synonym: 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] [view taxon]

Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
Distribution Sagami Bay (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Tosa Bay (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Links To Encyclopedia of Life
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:368828
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
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2008-10-23 02:03:00Z  created  Mah, Christopher
  
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  Citation: Mah, C. (2013). Mariaster giganteus (Goto, 1914). 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=368828 on 2013-05-21
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