Pawsonaster parvus (Perrier, 1881) 
AphiaID: 178151

Classification: Biota > Animalia > Echinodermata > Asterozoa > Asteroidea > Valvatacea > Valvatida > Goniasteridae > Pentagonasterinae > Pawsonaster

Status		accepted
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank		Species
Parent		Pawsonaster Mah, 2007
Synonymised taxa		Pentagonaster parvus Perrier, 1881 Tosia clugreta Walenkamp, 1976 Tosia parva (Perrier, 1881)
Sources		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: Mah, C. (2007). Systematics, phylogeny and historical biogeography of the Pentagonaster clade (Asteroidea: Valvatida: Goniasteridae). Invertebrate Systematics 21: 311-339. [details] new combination reference: Halpern, J.A. (1969). Biological investigations of the deep-sea. 50. The validity and generic position of Pentagonaster parvus Perrier (Echinodermata, Asteroidea). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 82: 403-506. [details] from synonym: Pawson, D. L., D. J. Vance, C. G. Messing, F. A. Solis-Marin, and C. L. Mah. 2009. Echinodermata of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1177–1204 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College S [details] [view taxon] context source: Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
Environment		marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range		recent only
Distribution		Bahamas [details] Cape Frio [details] Cape Hatteras [details] Caribbean Sea [details] Colombia (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Dominican Republic (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Florida [details] Gulf of Mexico [details] Guyana Basin [details] Guyanas [details] Mexico (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] South Brazil [details] Yucatan [details]
Links		To Encyclopedia of Life To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection To ITIS
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:178151
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2005-07-28 06:51:10Z   created   Braeckman, Ulrike 2008-04-18 17:32:52Z   changed   Mah, Christopher
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		Citation: Mah, C. (2013). Pawsonaster parvus (Perrier, 1881). 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=178151 on 2013-05-20