Midgardia Downey, 1972 
AphiaID: 178259

Classification: Biota > Animalia > Echinodermata > Asterozoa > Asteroidea > Forcipulatacea > Brisingida > Brisingidae

Status		accepted
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank		Genus
Typetaxon		Midgardia xandaros Downey, 1972 (type by monotypy)
Parent		Brisingidae G.O. Sars, 1875
Sources		original description: Downey, M.E. (1972). Midgardia xandaros, new genus, new species, A large brisingid starfish from the Gulf of Mexico. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 84(48: 421-426. [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]
Direct child taxa [show all]		Species Midgardia xandaros Downey, 1972
Environment		marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range		recent only
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:178259
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2005-07-29 11:05:05Z   created   Braeckman, Ulrike 2006-04-19 09:58:39Z   changed   Vanden Berghe, Edward 2008-10-18 04:20:59Z   changed   Mah, Christopher
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		Citation: Mah, C. (2013). Midgardia Downey, 1972. 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=178259 on 2013-05-22