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Diplasterias Perrier, 1891 
AphiaID: 172529

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Asterozoa (Subphylum) > Asteroidea (Class) > Forcipulatacea (Superorder) > Forcipulatida (Order) > Asteriidae (Family)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Genus
Parent Asteriidae Gray, 1840
Synonymised
taxa		  Podasterias Perrier, 1894 (Synonym according to Fisher (1940))
Sources  basis of record: Clarke, A.; Johnston, N.M. (2003). Antarctic marine benthic diversity. Oceanogr. Mar. Biol. Ann. Rev. 41: 47-114 (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source: Nomenclator Zoologicus, available online at http://uio.mbl.edu/NomenclatorZoologicus/ [details]

additional source: 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]

Direct child
taxa
[show all]		 Species Diplasterias brandti (Bell, 1881)
Species Diplasterias brucei (Koehler, 1908)
Species Diplasterias kerguelenensis (Koehler, 1917)
Species Diplasterias meridionalis (Perrier, 1875)
Species Diplasterias octoradiata (Studer, 1885)
Species Diplasterias radiata (Koehler, 1923)

Species Diplasterias eunota Fisher, 1940 accepted as Diplasterias octoradiata (Studer, 1885)
Species Diplasterias fochi Fisher, 1930 accepted as Diplasterias brucei (Koehler, 1908)
Species Diplasterias georgiana Perrier, 1891 accepted as Neosmilaster georgianus (Studer, 1885)
Species Diplasterias germaini (Philippi, 1858) accepted as Cosmasterias lurida (Philippi, 1858)
Species Diplasterias induta Koehler, 1906 accepted as Cryptasterias turqueti (Koehler, 1906)
Species Diplasterias loveni Perrier, 1891 accepted as Diplasterias brandti (Bell, 1881)
Species Diplasterias luetkeni Perrier, 1891 accepted as Diplasterias brandti (Bell, 1881)
Species Diplasterias papillosa Koehler, 1906 accepted as Adelasterias papillosa (Koehler, 1906)
Species Diplasterias steineni Perrier, 1891 accepted as Neosmilaster steineni (Studer, 1885)
Species Diplasterias sulcifera Perrier, 1891 accepted as Cosmasterias lurida (Philippi, 1858)
Species Diplasterias turqueti Koehler, 1906 accepted as Cryptasterias turqueti (Koehler, 1906)
Species Diplasterias vesiculosa (Sladen, 1889) accepted as Diplasterias meridionalis (Perrier, 1875)
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:172529
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2005-07-12 13:53:46Z  created  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2006-07-31 06:57:06Z  changed  Camba Reu, Cibran
2008-06-11 12:57:51Z  checked  Danis, Bruno
2008-12-28 23:54:02Z  changed  Mah, Christopher
  
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  Citation: Mah, C.; Danis, B. (2013). Diplasterias Perrier, 1891. 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=172529 on 2013-05-23
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