Astrocharis gracilis Mortensen, 1918 
AphiaID: 243166

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Asterozoa (Subphylum) > Ophiuroidea (Class) > Euryalida (Order) > Euryalidae (Family) > Astrocharinae (Subfamily) > Astrocharis (Genus)

Status		unaccepted (synonymized by Okanishi & Fujita (2011))
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Accepted name		Astrocharis ijimai Matsumoto, 1911
Rank		Species
Parent		Astrocharis Koehler, 1904
Sources		original description: Mortensen, T.; Stephenson, K. 1918. Papers from Dr. Th. Mortensen Pacific Expedition 1914-16 - On a gall-producing parasitic Copepod infesting an Ophiurid. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk Naturhistorisk Forening, 69, 245-297. [details] basis of record: Stöhr Sabine (look up in IMIS) [details] source of synonymy: Okanishi, M. & Fujita, T. 2011. A taxonomic review of the genus Astrocharis Koehler (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea: Asteroschematidae) with a description of a new species. Zoological Science 28: 148-157. [details] context source: Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
Environment		marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Links		To Encyclopedia of Life To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:243166
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2007-07-18 12:17:12Z   created   Stöhr, Sabine 2011-06-29 07:52:58Z   changed   Stöhr, Sabine
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		Citation: Stöhr, S. (2013). Astrocharis gracilis Mortensen, 1918. In: Stöhr, S. & O’Hara, T. (Eds) (2013) World Ophiuroidea database. Accessed through: Stöhr, S. & O’Hara, T. (Eds) (2013) World Ophiuroidea database at http://www.marinespecies.org/ophiuroidea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=243166 on 2013-06-18