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Nymphaster atopus Fisher, 1913 
AphiaID: 368902

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Asterozoa (Subphylum) > Asteroidea (Class) > Valvatacea (Superorder) > Valvatida (Order) > Goniasteridae (Family) > Nymphaster (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Nymphaster Sladen, 1889
Sources  original description: Fisher, W.K. (1913). Four new genera and fifty-eight new species of starfishes from the Philippine Islands, Celebes, and the Moluccas. Proceedings of the US National Museum, 43: 599-648. [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 Philippines [details]
Links To Encyclopedia of Life
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:368902
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2008-10-24 13:48:31Z  created  Mah, Christopher
  
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  Citation: Mah, C. (2013). Nymphaster atopus Fisher, 1913. 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=368902 on 2013-06-19
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