Echinarachnius (Dendraster) L. Agassiz, in Agassiz & Desor, 1847 
AphiaID: 568103

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Echinozoa (Subphylum) > Echinoidea (Class) > Euechinoidea (Subclass) > Irregularia (Infraclass) > Neognathostomata (Superorder) > Clypeasteroida (Order) > Scutellina (Suborder) > Scutelliformes (Infraorder) > Echinarachniidae (Family) > Echinarachnius (Genus)

Status		unaccepted (accepted at genus rank)
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Accepted name		Dendraster L. Agassiz, in Agassiz & Desor, 1847
Rank		Subgenus
Parent		Echinarachnius Gray, 1825
Source		basis of record: Mortensen, T. 1948. A Monograph of the Echinoidea. IV, 2. Clypeasteroida. Clypeasteridæ, Arachnoidæ, Fibulariidæ, Laganidæ and Scutellidæ, pp. 471. C. A. Reitzel; Copenhagen. page(s): 382-385 [details]
Direct child taxa [show all]		Species Echinarachnius (Dendraster) excentricus (Eschscholtz, 1829) accepted as Dendraster excentricus (Eschscholtz, 1829)
Environment		marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range		recent + fossil
Distribution
Attribute		Functional group: benthos (inherited from Echinodermata)   » Stage: adult Functional group: plankton (inherited from Echinodermata)   » Stage: larva
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:568103
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2011-04-12 07:27:08Z   created   Kroh, Andreas 2011-04-15 20:42:20Z   changed   Kroh, Andreas
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		Citation: Kroh, A. (2013). Echinarachnius (Dendraster) L. Agassiz, in Agassiz & Desor, 1847. In: Kroh, A. & Mooi, R. (2013) World Echinoidea Database. Accessed through: Kroh, A. & Mooi, R. (2013) World Echinoidea Database at http://www.marinespecies.org/Echinoidea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=568103 on 2013-05-26