Choriaster granulatus Lütken, 1869 
AphiaID: 213280

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

Status		accepted
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank		Species
Parent		Choriaster Lutken, 1869
Synonymised taxa		Choriaster niassensis (Sluiter, 1895) (Possibly a synonym according to H.L. Clark (1921).) Culcita niassensis Sluiter, 1895
Source		basis of record: Rowe, F.W.E & Gates, J. (1995). Echinodermata. In ‘Zoological Catalogue of Australia’. 33 (Ed A. Wells.) pp xiii + 510 (CSIRO Australia, Melbourne.) [details]
Environment		marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range		recent only
Distribution		East Africa [details] New Caledonia [details] Palau Islands [details] Red Sea [details] Seychelles [details] Sulawesi [details] West Indian Ocean [details]
Host of		Parastericola rimosus Kim I.H., 2007 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Asterocomes indica Rao, 1962 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Astroxynus choriasteris Humes, 1986 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Chorioxynus moluccensis Humes, 1986 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Stellicola astrivagus Humes, 1986 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Stellicola oreastriphilus Kossmann, 1877 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Stellicola pichoni Humes & Ho, 1966 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Stellicomes tumidulus Humes & Cressey, 1958 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Synstellicola kossmanni (Humes & Ho, 1967) (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Synstellicola pichoni (Humes & Ho, 1966) (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Links		To Barcode of Life (4 barcodes) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (16 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection
Notes		Description: Also distributed in East Indies, Philippine, China, south Japan and South Pacific Is. (Clark & Rowe, 1971); Australia (Rowe & Gates, 1995). Ecology: benthic, inshore. General distribution: tropical, Indo-west Pacific (also recorded from the Red Sea), depth range 0-40 m. (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details] Remark: Syntypes (probable) in Zoologisches Museum für Hamburg, Hamburg (Germany) (1 specimen labelled 'Fidschi inseln'). Type locality: Palau and Fiji as 'Pelew Island and Viti Island' (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]
Images		Choriaster granulatus added on 2008-11-18 - author: Collection Georges Declercq qualitystatus: checked by Mah, Christopher on 2012-12-21 08:15:28 Choriaster granulatus added on 2008-11-18 - author: Collection Georges Declercq qualitystatus: checked by Mah, Christopher on 2009-03-15 15:33:21
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:213280
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 1997-04-01 11:57:02Z   created   Onyango, Eunice 2000-09-26 07:19:20Z   changed   Garcia, Maria 2008-01-25 09:35:43Z   changed   Mah, Christopher
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		Citation: Mah, C. (2013). Choriaster granulatus Lütken, 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=213280 on 2013-05-18