MSBIAS taxon details

Echinaster Müller & Troschel, 1840 
AphiaID: 123275

Classification: Biota > Animalia > Echinodermata > Asterozoa > Asteroidea > Spinulosacea > Spinulosida > Echinasteridae
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Genus
Parent Echinasteridae Verrill, 1870
Sources  basis of record: Clark, A.M. (1996). An index of names of recent Asteroidea, part 3. Velatida and Spinulosida, in: Jangoux, M.; Lawrence, J.M. (Ed.) (1996). Echinoderm Studies, 5: pp. 183-250 (look up in IMIS) [details]

basis of record: Hansson, H.G. (2001). Echinodermata, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 336-351 (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source: North East Atlantic Taxa (look up in IMIS) [details]

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[show all]		 Subgenus Echinaster (Echinaster) Müller & Troschel, 1840
  » Species Echinaster (Echinaster) sepositus (Retzius, 1783)

Species Echinaster sepositus (Retzius, 1783) represented as Echinaster (Echinaster) sepositus (Retzius, 1783) (alternate representation)
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
Link To ITIS
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:123275
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  Hansson, Hans
2008-01-19 09:31:50Z  changed  Mah, Christopher
2008-10-25 14:18:49Z  changed  Mah, Christopher
  
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  Citation: Mah, C.; Hansson, H. (2013). Echinaster Müller & Troschel, 1840. In: Mah, C.L. (2013) World Asteroidea database. Accessed through: The UK Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (2013) Marine Species of the British Isles and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS): a checklist of species derived from the UNICORN and Marine Recorder applications at http://www.marinespecies.org/msbias/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=123275 on 2013-05-25