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Aquilonastra cepheus (Muller & Troschel, 1842) 
AphiaID: 459525

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Asterozoa (Subphylum) > Asteroidea (Class) > Valvatacea (Superorder) > Valvatida (Order) > Asterinidae (Family) > Aquilonastra (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Aquilonastra O'Loughlin in O'Loughlin & Waters, 2004
Synonymised
taxa		  Asterina burtoni cepheus (Müller & Troschel, 1842) (moved to Aquilonastra by O'Loughlin (2004))
 Asterina cepheus (Müller & Troschel, 1842)
Sources  basis of record (from synonym): Clark, A.M. and F.W.E. Rowe. (1971). Monograph of Shallow-water Indo-West Pacific Echinoderms. Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History): London. x + 238 p. + 30 pls., available online at http://www.abctaxa.be/downloads/additional-information-volume-1/works-famous-holothuroid-workers/fwe-rowe/MonographIndoWestPacific.pdf [details] [view taxon]

basis of record (from synonym): Walenkamp, J.H.C. (1990). Systematics and zoogeography of Asteroidea (Echinodermata) from Inhaca Island, Mozambique. Zoologische Verhandelingen 261, Leiden. 86 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] [view taxon]

Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
Distribution Aldabra (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Madagascar (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Mozambique (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Seychelles (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Somalia (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Tanzania (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Links To Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
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LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:459525
Taxonomic
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2010-02-27 02:02:44Z  created  Mah, Christopher
  
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  Citation: Mah, C. (2013). Aquilonastra cepheus (Muller & Troschel, 1842). 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=459525 on 2013-06-19
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