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CAAB Taxon Report
Animalia (kingdom) » Echinodermata (phylum) » Asteroidea (class) » Valvatida (order) » Asterinidae (family)
CAAB Code: | 25 140009 | ||||
Scientific Name and Authority: | Ailsastra heteractis (H.L. Clark, 1938) | ||||
CAAB category: | 25 - Echinodermata | ||||
Family: | Asterinidae (seastars) - show full list | ||||
Common Name: | [a seastar] | ||||
Recent Synonyms: | Asterina heteractis Aquilonastra heteractis | ||||
Common Names List: | seastar starfish | ||||
Organism Type: | a seastar | ||||
Identifiers: |
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Taxon lists: |
Current Australian list:
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Regions: |
Australia (inc. subantarctic territories) | ||||
Habitat: |
Marine unspecified | ||||
Record source: | Rowe, F. W. E. Gates, J., 1995, Zoological catalogue of Australia. Volume 33. Echinodermata. CSIRO, East Melbourne | ||||
Scientific Name verified against: | O'Loughlin, P.M. Rowe, F.W.E., 2005. A new asterinid genus from the Indo-West Pacific region, including five new species (Echinodermata: Asteroidea: Asterinidae)., Memoirs of Museum Victoria, Vol. 62(2): 181-189. |
Record details
Record entered on 7-Jul-2000 00:00 by Karen Gowlett-Holmes
Record modified on 21-Jul-2006 15:53 by Karen Gowlett-Holmes
Modification description: update genus
Modification history:
01-MAR-2005: update genus (Karen Gowlett-Holmes)
(previous genus name: Asterina)
(previous authority: H.L. Clark)
21-JUL-2006: update genus (Karen Gowlett-Holmes)
(previous genus name: Aquilonastra)
Record modified on 21-Jul-2006 15:53 by Karen Gowlett-Holmes
Modification description: update genus
Modification history:
01-MAR-2005: update genus (Karen Gowlett-Holmes)
(previous genus name: Asterina)
(previous authority: H.L. Clark)
21-JUL-2006: update genus (Karen Gowlett-Holmes)
(previous genus name: Aquilonastra)