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Allasterias Verrill, 1909 
AphiaID: 146042

Classification: Biota > Animalia > Echinodermata > Asterozoa > Asteroidea > Forcipulatacea > Forcipulatida > Asteriidae
Status unaccepted unaccepted (synonym according to Fisher (1923, 1930))
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Accepted name  Asterias Linnaeus, 1758
Rank Genus
Parent Asteriidae Gray, 1840
Sources  original description: Verrill, A.E. (1909). Description of new genera and species of starfishes from the North Pacific coast of America. American Journal of Science 28: 59-70. [details]

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]

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Species Allasterias anomala Verrill, 1909 accepted as Asterias rathbuni (Verrill, 1909)
Species Allasterias forficulosa Verrill, 1914 accepted as Asterias rollestoni Bell, 1881
Species Allasterias migrata Sladen, 1879 accepted as Asterias amurensis Lutken, 1871
Species Allasterias nortonensis Verrill, 1909 accepted as Asterias rathbuni (Verrill, 1909)
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:146042
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Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  Hansson, Hans
2008-12-26 05:08:28Z  changed  Mah, Christopher
  
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  Citation: Mah, C.; Hansson, H. (2013). Allasterias 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=146042 on 2013-05-19
  
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