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Sclerasterias mazophora (Wood-Mason & Alcock, 1891) 
AphiaID: 378796

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Asterozoa (Subphylum) > Asteroidea (Class) > Forcipulatacea (Superorder) > Forcipulatida (Order) > Asteriidae (Family) > Sclerasterias (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
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Rank Species
Parent Sclerasterias Perrier, 1891
Synonymised
taxa
  Asterias mazophorus Wood-Mason & Alcock, 1891
Distolasterias mazophora Fisher, 1919
Sclerasterias nitida Koehler, 1910
Sclerasterias stenactis (H.L. Clark, 1926)
Sources  additional source: Fisher, W.K. (1924). The genus Sclerasterias Perrier. Bulletin de Institut Oceanographique, Monaco 414(3): 1-8 [details]

from synonym: Alcock, A. (1893). Natural History notes from the HM Indian Marine Survey Steamer Investigator.7. An account of the collection of deep-sea Asteroidea. Annals of the Magazine of Natural History 11(6): 73-121.
page(s): 115 [details] [view taxon]


from synonym: Clark, A.M. and J. Courtman-Stock. (1976). The echinoderms of southern Africa. Publ. No. 766. British Museum (Nat. Hist), London. 277 pp. [details] [view taxon]

Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
Distribution Andaman Sea [details]
Link To Encyclopedia of Life
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:378796
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2008-12-26 05:08:28Z  created  Mah, Christopher
  
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  Citation: Mah, C. (2013). Sclerasterias mazophora (Wood-Mason & Alcock, 1891). 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=378796 on 2013-05-25
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