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Astrophyton muricatum  (Lamarck, 1816)
Taxonomic Serial No.: 157366

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s): Euryale muricatum Lamarck, 1816
  
  Common Name(s): basket star
 
    basket star [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  -- Animal, animals, animaux  
    PhylumEchinodermata Klein, 1734 -- bolacha da praia, échinodermes, echinoderms, equinoderma, equinodermata, estrela do mar, ouriço do mar  
       SubphylumEleutherozoa Bather, 1900  
          SuperclassCryptosyringida Smith, 1984  
             ClassOphiuroidea Gray, 1840 -- basket stars, basket stars, brittle stars, brittlestars, brittlestars, ofiúro, ophiures, serpente do mar, snake stars, snake stars  
                OrderPhrynophiurida Matsumoto, 1915 incertae sedis -- euryhaline brittle stars, euryhaline brittle stars  
                   SuborderEuryalina Lamarck, 1816  
                      FamilyGorgonocephalidae Ljungman, 1867  
                         GenusAstrophyton Fleming, 1828  
                            SpeciesAstrophyton muricatum (Lamarck, 1816) -- basket star, basket star  
       

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  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Astrophyton muricatum, basket star   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Hendler, Gordon, John E. Miller, David L. Pawson, and Porter M. Kier  
  Publication Date: 1995   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Sea Stars, Sea Urchins, and Allies: Echinoderms of Florida and the Caribbean   
  Page(s): xi + 390   
  Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Press   
  Publication Place: Washington, DC, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 1-56098-450-3   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Astrophyton muricatum   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: Western Atlantic Ocean  
       
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