Choriaster Lutken, 1869 
AphiaID: 206933

Classification: Biota > Animalia > Echinodermata > Asterozoa > Asteroidea > Valvatacea > Valvatida > Oreasteridae

Status		accepted
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank		Genus
Parent		Oreasteridae Fisher, 1911
Sources		basis of record: Clark, A.M. (1993). An index of names of recent Asteroidea, part 2: Valvatida, in: Jangoux, M.; Lawrence, J.M. (Ed.) (1993). Echinoderm Studies, 4: pp. 187-366 (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: Nomenclator Zoologicus, available online at http://uio.mbl.edu/NomenclatorZoologicus/ [details]
Direct child taxa [show all]		Species Choriaster granulatus Lütken, 1869 Species Choriaster niassensis (Sluiter, 1895) accepted as Choriaster granulatus Lütken, 1869
Environment		marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range		recent only
Note		Remark: Type species: Choriaster granulatus Lütken, 1869 by original designation (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:206933
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 1999-09-02 20:23:25Z   created   Vanden Berghe, Edward 2000-09-26 07:19:20Z   changed   Garcia, Maria 2006-09-07 06:51:43Z   changed   Martinez, Olga 2008-01-25 09:35:43Z   changed   Mah, Christopher 2008-10-23 03:57:33Z   changed   Mah, Christopher
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		Citation: Mah, C. (2013). Choriaster Lutken, 1869. 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=206933 on 2013-05-26