Ctenodiscus Müller & Troschel, 1842 
AphiaID: 123258

Classification: Biota > Animalia > Echinodermata > Asterozoa > Asteroidea > Valvatacea > Paxillosida > Ctenodiscidae

Status		accepted
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank		Genus
Typetaxon		Asterias polaris Sabine, 1824 (type by subsequent designation)
Parent		Ctenodiscidae Sladen, 1889
Synonymised taxa		Anodiscus Perrier, 1869 (Synonym according to Fisher (1911))
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]
Direct child taxa [show all]		Species Ctenodiscus australis Lütken, 1871 Species Ctenodiscus caudatus Doderlein, 1921 Species Ctenodiscus crispatus (Retzius, 1805) Species Ctenodiscus orientalis Fisher, 1913 Species Ctenodiscus procurator Sladen, 1889 Species Ctenodiscus australis Perrier, 1891 accepted as Ctenodiscus procurator Sladen, 1889 Species Ctenodiscus corniculatus Gray, 1840 accepted as Ctenodiscus crispatus (Retzius, 1805) Species Ctenodiscus krausei Ludwig, 1886 accepted as Ctenodiscus crispatus (Retzius, 1805) Species Ctenodiscus polaris (Sabine, 1824) accepted as Ctenodiscus crispatus (Retzius, 1805) Species Ctenodiscus pygmaeus Müller & Troschel, 1842 accepted as Ctenodiscus crispatus (Retzius, 1805)
Environment		marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range		recent only
Links		To GenBank To ITIS
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:123258
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2004-12-21 15:54:05Z   created   Hansson, Hans 2005-08-05 07:22:50Z   changed   Aracina, Claudia 2008-06-11 12:57:51Z   checked   Danis, Bruno 2009-01-19 04:03:02Z   changed   Mah, Christopher
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		Citation: Mah, C.; Danis, B.; Hansson, H. (2013). Ctenodiscus Müller & Troschel, 1842. 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=123258 on 2013-05-25