Sporasterias Perrier, 1893 
AphiaID: 379007

Classification: Biota > Animalia > Echinodermata > Asterozoa > Asteroidea > Forcipulatacea > Forcipulatida > Asteriidae

Status		unaccepted (Synonym according to Fisher (1940))
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Accepted name		Anasterias Perrier, 1875
Rank		Genus
Parent		Asteriidae Gray, 1840
Source		Not documented
Direct child taxa [show all]		Species Sporasterias antarctica Ludwig, 1903 accepted as Anasterias antarctica (Lütken, 1857) Species Sporasterias antarctica Meissner, 1896 accepted as Anasterias antarctica (Lütken, 1857) Species Sporasterias cocosana Ludwig, 1905 accepted as Tarsaster cocosanus (Ludwig, 1905) Species Sporasterias directa Fisher, 1930 accepted as Anasterias directa (Koehler, 1920) Species Sporasterias galapagensis Ludwig, 1905 accepted as Tarsaster galapagensis (Ludwig, 1905) Species Sporasterias mariana Ludwig, 1905 accepted as Ampheraster marianus (Ludwig, 1905) Species Sporasterias mawsoni Fisher, 1930 accepted as Anasterias mawsoni (Koehler, 1920) Species Sporasterias pedicellaris Koehler, 1923 accepted as Anasterias pedicellaris Koehler, 1923 Species Sporasterias perrieri Verrill, 1914 accepted as Anasterias perrieri (E. A. Smith, 1876) Species Sporasterias rugispina Perrier, 1896 accepted as Anasterias antarctica (Lütken, 1857) Species Sporasterias rupicola (Verrill, 1881) accepted as Anasterias rupicola (Verrill, 1876) Species Sporasterias sphaerulata Fisher, 1930 accepted as Anasterias sphoerulata (Koehler, 1920) Species Sporasterias spirabilis Perrier, 1894 accepted as Anasterias spirabilis (Bell, 1881)
Environment		marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range		recent only
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:379007
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2008-12-30 05:34:37Z   created   Mah, Christopher
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		Citation: Mah, C. (2013). Sporasterias Perrier, 1893. 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=379007 on 2013-05-26