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Ceramaster granularis (Retzius, 1783) 
AphiaID: 124020

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Asterozoa (Subphylum) > Asteroidea (Class) > Valvatacea (Superorder) > Valvatida (Order) > Goniasteridae (Family) > Ceramaster (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Ceramaster Verrill, 1899
Synonymised
taxa
  Asterias granularis Retzius, 1783 (synonym)
Astrogonium boreale Barrett, 1857 (Synonym according to Sladen (1889))
Astrogonium granulare Müller & Troschel, 1842
Goniaster granularis Lutken, 1865
Peltaster planus Boone, 1933 (pl. 43, non P. planus Verrill 1895 = C. granularis according to Halpern (1970))
Pentagonaster borealis (Barrett, 1857) (A synonym according to Sladen (1889))
Pentagonaster eximius Verrill, 1894 (Synonym according to Halpern (1970-PhD Dissertation))
Pentagonaster granularis Danielssen & Koren, 1884
Tosia eximia (Verrill, 1894) (Synonym according to Halpern (1970-PhD Dissertation))
Tosia granularis Verrill, 1899
Tosia simplex (Verrill, 1895) (Synonym according to Halpern (1970-PhD Dissertation))
Sources  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: Gosner, K.L. 1971. Guide to identification of marine and estuarine invertebrates: Cape Hatteras to the Bay of Fundy. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 693 p. (look up in IMIS[details]

additional source: Dyntaxa (2013) Swedish Taxonomic Database. Accessed at www.dyntaxa.se [15-01-2013]., available online at http://www.dyntaxa.se [details]

additional source: ITIS database, available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]

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

context source (Deepsea): Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]

Vernacular
Names
 
Language   Name 
Norwegian Bokmål sjøkjeks  [details]
Norwegian Nynorsk sjøkjeks  [details]
Swedish sjökex  [details]
Direct child
taxa

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 Subspecies Ceramaster granularis granularis (Retzius, 1783)

Subspecies Ceramaster granularis trispinosus H.L.Clark, 1923 represented as Ceramaster trispinosus H.L. Clark, 1923 (alternate representation)
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
Distribution Gulf of Maine [details]
Gulf of St. Lawrence [details]
North West Atlantic [details]
Swedish Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Links To AnimalsAndEarth (David Shale)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (17 publications)
To Dyntaxa
To Encyclopedia of Life
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection
To ITIS
Note  Distribution: Bay of Fundy south into Cape Cod Bay [details]
Images 
Ceramaster granularis
Ceramaster granularis
added on 2009-03-13 - author: Wirtz, Peter
qualitystatus: checked by Mah, Christopher on 2009-03-13 12:16:49

Ceramaster granularis
Ceramaster granularis
added on 2010-07-15 - author: Nozères, Claude
qualitystatus: not checked

To AnimalsAndEarth (David Shale)  
To AnimalsAndEarth (David Shale)
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:124020
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  Hansson, Hans
2008-12-13 01:01:45Z  changed  Mah, Christopher
  
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  Citation: Mah, C.; Hansson, H. (2013). Ceramaster granularis. In: Mah, C.L. (2013). World Asteroidea database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=124020 on 2013-06-20
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