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Urasterias Verrill, 1909 
AphiaID: 123231

Classification: Biota > Animalia > Echinodermata > Asterozoa > Asteroidea > Forcipulatacea > Forcipulatida > Asteriidae
Status accepted
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Typetaxon Asteracanthion lincki Müller & Troschel, 1842
Parent Asteriidae Gray, 1840
Sources  basis of record: Hansson, H.G. (2001). Echinodermata, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 336-351 (look up in IMIS[details]

basis of record: Clark, A.M. and M.E. Downey. (1992). Starfishes of the Atlantic. Chapman & Hall Identification Guides, 3. Chapman & Hall: London, UK. ISBN 0-412-43280-3. xxvi, 794 pp. (look up in IMIS[details]

additional source: North East Atlantic Taxa (look up in IMIS[details]

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 Species Urasterias lincki (Müller & Troschel, 1842)

Species Urasterias enopla (Verrill, 1895) accepted as Urasterias lincki (Müller & Troschel, 1842)
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
Feedingtypes  omnivore [details]
predator [details]
scavenger [details]
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LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:123231
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Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  Hansson, Hans
2008-12-29 02:59:07Z  changed  Mah, Christopher
  
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  Citation: Mah, C.; Hansson, H. (2013). Urasterias Verrill, 1909. In: Mah, C.L. (2013) World Asteroidea database. Accessed through: Mah, C.L. (2013) World Asteroidea database at http://www.marinespecies.org/asteroidea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=123231 on 2013-05-25
  
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