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Aphelasterias japonica (Bell, 1881) 
AphiaID: 378819

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Asterozoa (Subphylum) > Asteroidea (Class) > Forcipulatacea (Superorder) > Forcipulatida (Order) > Asteriidae (Family) > Aphelasterias (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Aphelasterias Fisher, 1923
Synonymised
taxa
  Asterias japonica Bell, 1881
Asterias torquata Sladen, 1889 (synonym according to Hayashi (1938))
Sources  additional source: 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]

from synonym: Sladen, W.P. (1889). Report on the Asteroidea. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-1876, Zoology 30(51): xlii + 893 pages 118 plates. [details] [view taxon]

Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
Distribution Hokkaido [details]
Sakhalin [details]
Sea of Japan [details]
Links To Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To GenBank (17 nucleotides; 14 proteins)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:378819
Taxonomic
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2008-12-26 05:08:28Z  created  Mah, Christopher
  
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  Citation: Mah, C. (2013). Aphelasterias japonica (Bell, 1881). 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=378819 on 2013-05-19
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