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Nearchaster Fisher, 1911 
AphiaID: 370821

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Asterozoa (Subphylum) > Asteroidea (Class) > Valvatacea (Superorder) > Notomyotida (Order) > Benthopectinidae (Family)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Genus
Parent Benthopectinidae Verrill, 1899
Synonymised
taxa		  Saraster A.H. Clark, 1916 (Synonym according to A.M. Clark (1981).)
Source Not documented
Direct child
taxa
[show all]		 Subgenus Nearchaster (Myaster) Doderlein, 1921
  » Species Nearchaster (Myaster) fisheri Doderlein, 1921
Subgenus Nearchaster (Nearchaster) Fisher, 1911
  » Species Nearchaster (Nearchaster) aciculosus (Fisher, 1910)
» Species Nearchaster (Nearchaster) musorstomi Aziz & Jangoux, 1985
» Species Nearchaster (Nearchaster) pedicellaris (Fisher, 1910)
» Species Nearchaster (Nearchaster) variabilis (Fisher, 1910)
» Species Nearchaster (Nearchaster) yodomiensis (Goto, 1914)
» Species Nearchaster (Nearchaster) geminus Djakonov, 1950 accepted as Nearchaster (Nearchaster) variabilis geminus Djakonov, 1950
» Species Nearchaster (Nearchaster) vagans Djakonov, 1950 accepted as Nearchaster (Nearchaster) pedicellaris vagans Djakonov, 1950
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
Links To GenBank
To ITIS
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:370821
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
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2008-12-06 03:13:29Z  created  Mah, Christopher
  
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  Citation: Mah, C. (2013). Nearchaster Fisher, 1911. 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=370821 on 2013-05-22
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