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Abyssaster tara (Wood-Mason & Alcock, 1891)

213254 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:213254)

accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Hyphalaster tara Wood-Mason & Alcock, 1891) Wood-Mason, J. & Alcock, A. (1891). Natural history notes from H.M. Indian marine survey steamer 'Investigator', Commander R.F. Hoskyn, R.N., commanding. Series II, No. 1. On the results of deep-sea dredging during the season 1890-1891. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (series 6) 8 (43): 16-34, pl. 7-8; 8 (44): 119-138; 8 (46): 268-286; 8 (47): 353-362; 8 (48): 427-452, pl. 17., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19244692
page(s): 434 [details] 
Distribution Distribution: western Indian Ocean (A.M. Clark, 1989).  
Distribution Distribution: western Indian Ocean (A.M. Clark, 1989). [details]
Mah, C.L. (2025). World Asteroidea Database. Abyssaster tara (Wood-Mason & Alcock, 1891). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Asteroidea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=213254 on 2026-07-13
Date
action
by
1999-07-15 21:09:17Z
created
2000-09-26 07:19:20Z
changed
Garcia, Maria
2009-01-17 21:50:33Z
changed

original description (of Hyphalaster tara Wood-Mason & Alcock, 1891) Wood-Mason, J. & Alcock, A. (1891). Natural history notes from H.M. Indian marine survey steamer 'Investigator', Commander R.F. Hoskyn, R.N., commanding. Series II, No. 1. On the results of deep-sea dredging during the season 1890-1891. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (series 6) 8 (43): 16-34, pl. 7-8; 8 (44): 119-138; 8 (46): 268-286; 8 (47): 353-362; 8 (48): 427-452, pl. 17., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19244692
page(s): 434 [details] 

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

basis of record Clark, A. M. (1989). An index of names of recent Asteroidea, part 1: Paxillosida and Notomyotida. <em>In: Jangoux, M.; Lawrence, J.M. (Ed.) (1996). Echinoderm Studies.</em> 3: 225-347. (look up in IMIS) [details] 
 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
Unreviewed
Distribution Distribution: western Indian Ocean (A.M. Clark, 1989). [details]
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