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Acanthaster solaris Schreber, 1793 
AphiaID: 378572

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Asterozoa (Subphylum) > Asteroidea (Class) > Valvatacea (Superorder) > Valvatida (Order) > Acanthasteridae (Family) > Acanthaster (Genus)
Status unaccepted unaccepted (Synonym according to Madsen (1955))
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Accepted name  Acanthaster planci (Linnaeus, 1758)
Rank Species
Parent Acanthaster Gervais, 1841
Synonymised
taxa
  Echinaster solaris Schreber, 1793 (Synonym of Echinites, which is ultimately a synonym of Acanthaster)
Echinities solaris Schreber, 1793
Source Not documented
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
Link To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection
Note  Distribution: Locality of Magellan Strait must be a mistake. [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:378572
Taxonomic
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2008-12-23 04:29:04Z  created  Mah, Christopher
  
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  Citation: Mah, C. (2013). Acanthaster solaris Schreber, 1793. 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=378572 on 2013-05-25
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