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Asterias rathbuni (Verrill, 1909) 
AphiaID: 378804

Classification: Biota > Animalia > Echinodermata > Asterozoa > Asteroidea > Forcipulatacea > Forcipulatida > Asteriidae > Asterias
Status accepted
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Rank Species
Parent Asterias Linnaeus, 1758
Synonymised
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  Allasterias anomala Verrill, 1909 (Synonym according to Djakonov (1950))
Allasterias nortonensis Verrill, 1909 (A variety of A. rathbuni)
Asterias alveolata Djakonov, 1950
Asterias anomala Verrill, 1909
Sources  original description: Verrill, A.E. (1909). Description of new genera and species of starfishes from the North Pacific coast of America. American Journal of Science 28: 59-70. [details]

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 Subspecies Asterias rathbuni crassispinis Djakonov, 1950
Subspecies Asterias rathbuni rathbuni (Verrill, 1909)
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
Links To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection
To ITIS
Note  Validity: A synonym of A. amurensis Lutken, 1871 according to Fisher (1930) but a valid species according to Djakonov (1950) [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:378804
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2008-12-26 05:08:28Z  created  Mah, Christopher
  
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  Citation: Mah, C. (2013). Asterias rathbuni (Verrill, 1909). 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=378804 on 2013-05-18
  
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