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Echinaster (Echinaster) sepositus sepositus (Retzius, 1783) 
AphiaID: 125231

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Asterozoa (Subphylum) > Asteroidea (Class) > Spinulosacea (Superorder) > Spinulosida (Order) > Echinasteridae (Family) > Echinaster (Genus) > Echinaster (Echinaster) (Subgenus) > Echinaster (Echinaster) sepositus (Species)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Subspecies
Parent Echinaster (Echinaster) sepositus (Retzius, 1783)
Synonymised
taxa		  Echinaster sepositus mediterraneus Marchisio, 1896 (Synonym according to Tortonese (1981).)
 Rhopia mediterranea Gray, 1840 (Synonym according to Ludwig (1897))
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]

basis of record: Clark, A.M. and M.E. Downey. (1992). Starfishes of the Atlantic. Chapman & Hall Identification Guides, 3. Chapman & Hall: London, UK. ISBN 0-412-43280-3. xxvi, 794 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]

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

from synonym: Gray J.E. (1840). A synopsis of the genera and species of the class Hypostoma (Asterias Linnaeus). Annals of the Magazine of Natural History 6: 175-184; 275-290. [details] [view taxon]

Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
Distribution Bay of Biscay [details]
Brittany [details]
Canary Islands [details]
Cape Verde [details]
Channel Islands [details]
European waters (ERMS scope) [details]
Greek Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Madeira [details]
Mauritania [details]
Mediterranean Sea [details]
Moroccan Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Links To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:125231
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  Hansson, Hans
2009-01-22 02:48:17Z  changed  Mah, Christopher
  
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  Citation: Mah, C.; Hansson, H. (2013). Echinaster (Echinaster) sepositus sepositus (Retzius, 1783). 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=125231 on 2013-05-20
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