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Rathbunaster Fisher, 1906 
AphiaID: 254843

Classification: Biota > Animalia > Echinodermata > Asterozoa > Asteroidea > Forcipulatacea > Forcipulatida > Asteriidae
Status accepted
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Rank Genus
Parent Asteriidae Gray, 1840
Sources  original description: Fisher, W.K. (1906). New starfishes from the Pacific Coast of North America Proceedings of the Washington Academy of Sciences 8: 111-139 [details]

additional source: Lauerman, L.M.L. (1998). Diet and feeding behavior of the deep-water sea star Rathbunaster californicus (Fisher) in the Monterey submarine canyon. Bulletin of Marine Science 63(3): 523-530. [details]

additional source: Fisher, W.K. (1928). Asteroidea of the North Pacific and adjacent waters. Part 2. Forcipulata (part). Bulletin of the United States National Museum 76: 1–245 6 figs pls 1–81. [details]

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 Species Rathbunaster californicus Fisher, 1906
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
Distribution California [details]

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LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:254843
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2007-12-19 07:06:44Z  created  Mah, Christopher
2011-06-27 21:58:12Z  changed  Mah, Christopher
  
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  Citation: Mah, C. (2013). Rathbunaster Fisher, 1906. 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=254843 on 2013-05-22
  
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