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Polychaeta taxon details

Asterophilia Hanley, 1989

324909  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:324909)

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Genus
Asterophilia carlae Hanley, 1989 (type by original designation)

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Hanley, J. Russell 1989. Revision of the scaleworm genera Arctonoe Chamberlin and Gastolepidia Schmarda (Polychaeta: Polynoidae) with the erection of a new subfamily Arctonoinae. The Beagle, Records of the Northern Territory Museum of Arts and Sciences, 6(1): 1-34., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/55714509
page(s): 26 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 
Etymology Named for the association with a Linckia asteroid. Author: "generic name refers to the relationship between the polynoid...  
Etymology Named for the association with a Linckia asteroid. Author: "generic name refers to the relationship between the polynoid and its asteroid host, from the Greek aster (star) and phile (love)." [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Asterophilia Hanley, 1989. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=324909 on 2024-03-29
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2008-03-05 14:39:51Z
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2008-03-26 11:36:43Z
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2014-07-13 22:43:19Z
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2020-05-16 08:16:35Z
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original description Hanley, J. Russell 1989. Revision of the scaleworm genera Arctonoe Chamberlin and Gastolepidia Schmarda (Polychaeta: Polynoidae) with the erection of a new subfamily Arctonoinae. The Beagle, Records of the Northern Territory Museum of Arts and Sciences, 6(1): 1-34., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/55714509
page(s): 26 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 
From editor or global species database
Etymology Named for the association with a Linckia asteroid. Author: "generic name refers to the relationship between the polynoid and its asteroid host, from the Greek aster (star) and phile (love)." [details]