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Astropus  Gray, 1840
Taxonomic Serial No.: 989156

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
  Common Name(s):    
  Valid Name: Archaster Müller & Troschel, 1840
 
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: invalid - other, see comments   
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: unknown   
  Latest Record Review: 2014   
       

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  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Christopher Mah  
  Notes: Research Collaborator, Department of Invertebrate Zoology (MRC163), National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20560-0163   
  Reference for: Astropus    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: WoRMS - World Asteroidea Database, database (version undefined)  
  Acquired: 2014   
  Notes: Mah, C.L. (2014) World Asteroidea database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org   
  Reference for: Astropus   
       
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 Comments
       
  Comment: urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:204191  
    According to A.M. Clark 1993: 188, 'A subgenus of Astropecten. Type species: Astropecten (Astropus) longipes Gray. Type locality 'Isle of France' (Mauritius). Assumed by Sladen (1889: 389) followed by Doderlein (1917) to be conspecific with Asterias longipes Retzius, 1805 making this a synonym of Chaetaster Muller & Troschel 1840.' However, this is most likely a synonym of Archaster based on description, locality, and other aspects of Gray's description  
 

 

    

 
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