Parasterias Verrill, 1914 
AphiaID: 146044

Classification: Biota > Animalia > Echinodermata > Asterozoa > Asteroidea > Forcipulatacea > Forcipulatida > Asteriidae

Status		unaccepted (Synonym according to Fisher (1930))
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Accepted name		Asterias Linnaeus, 1758
Rank		Genus
Parent		Asteriidae Gray, 1840
Source		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]
Direct child taxa [show all]		Species Parasterias albertensis Verrill, 1914 accepted as Asterias amurensis Lutken, 1871
Environment		marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range		recent only
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:146044
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2004-12-21 15:54:05Z   created   Hansson, Hans 2008-12-29 07:51:57Z   changed   Mah, Christopher
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		Citation: Mah, C.; Hansson, H. (2013). Parasterias Verrill, 1914. 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=146044 on 2013-05-19