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Anasterias antarctica (Lütken, 1857) 
AphiaID: 178786

Classification: Biota > Animalia > Echinodermata > Asterozoa > Asteroidea > Forcipulatacea > Forcipulatida > Asteriidae > Anasterias
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Anasterias Perrier, 1875
Synonymised
taxa
  Anasterias minuta Perrier, 1875
Anasterias verrilli Koehler, 1920 (Synonym according to Fisher (1940))
Asteracanthion antarcticus Lutken, 1857
Asterias antarctica Studer, 1884 (Synonym and homonym according to Downey in Clark & Downey (1992))
Asterias cunninghami Perrier, 1875 (Synonym according to Fisher (1940))
Asterias hyadesi Perrier, 1886 (Synonym according to Fisher (1940))
Asterias rugispina Stimpson, 1862 (Synonym according to Fisher (1940))
Sporasterias antarctica Ludwig, 1903
Sporasterias antarctica Meissner, 1896
Sporasterias rugispina Perrier, 1896 (Synonym according to Fisher (1940))
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]

source of synonymy: Clark, A.M. (1962). Asteroidea. Rep. B.A.N.Z. Antarctic Research Expedition 1929-31, B9: 68-70. [details]

from synonym: Clarke, A.; Johnston, N.M. (2003). Antarctic marine benthic diversity. Oceanogr. Mar. Biol. Ann. Rev. 41: 47-114 (look up in IMIS[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 Falkland Islands [details]
South Chile [details]
Subantarctic Isles [details]
Tierra del Fuego [details]
Uruguay [details]

Specimens  Syntype (from synonym): MNHN EcAh 4353 [view taxon]
Syntype (from synonym): MNHN EcAh 4354 [view taxon]
Holotype (from synonym): MNHN EcAh 4196 [view taxon]
Links To Antarctic Invertebrates
To Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:178786
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2005-08-05 07:22:50Z  created  Aracina, Claudia
2008-06-11 12:57:51Z  checked  Danis, Bruno
2008-12-26 05:08:28Z  changed  Mah, Christopher
  
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  Citation: Mah, C.; Danis, B. (2013). Anasterias antarctica (Lütken, 1857). 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=178786 on 2013-05-22
  
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