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Lophaster Verrill, 1878
Taxonomic Serial No.: 157069

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Taxonomy and Nomenclature


	Kingdom:	Animalia
	Taxonomic Rank:	Genus
	Synonym(s):	Sarkaster Ludwig, 1905
	Common Name(s):

	Taxonomic Status:
	Current Standing:	valid

	Data Quality Indicators:
	Record Credibility Rating:	verified - standards met
	Global Species Completeness:	complete
	Latest Record Review:	2014

Taxonomic Hierarchy


	Kingdom	Animalia – Animal, animaux, animals
	Subkingdom	Bilateria – triploblasts
	Infrakingdom	Deuterostomia
	Phylum	Echinodermata Bruguière, 1791 [ex Klein, 1734] – echinoderms, échinodermes, bolacha da praia, equinoderma, equinodermata, estrela do mar, ouriço do mar
	Subphylum	Asterozoa
	Class	Asteroidea de Blainville, 1830 – étoiles de mer, stelléridés, estrela do mar, sea stars, starfishes, starfish, estrella de mar
	Superorder	Valvatacea Blake, 1987
	Order	Valvatida Perrier, 1884
	Family	Solasteridae Viguier, 1878 – sun stars
	Genus	Lophaster Verrill, 1878
		Direct Children:
	Species	Lophaster asiaticus Hayashi, 1973
	Species	Lophaster densus Fisher, 1940
	Species	Lophaster furcifer (Düben & Koren, 1846)
	Species	Lophaster furcilliger Fisher, 1905
	Species	Lophaster gaini Koehler, 1912
	Species	Lophaster quadrispinus H. L. Clark, 1923
	Species	Lophaster stellans Sladen, 1889
	Species	Lophaster suluensis Fisher, 1913
	Species	Lophaster tenuis Koehler, 1920
	Species	Lophaster verrilli A. H. Clark, 1938

References


	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:	Lophaster

	Other Source(s):
	Source:	NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)
	Acquired:	1996
	Notes:
	Reference for:	Lophaster

	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:	Lophaster

	Publication(s):
	Author(s)/Editor(s):	D'yakonov, A. M.
	Publication Date:	1950
	Article/Chapter Title:	Sea Stars (Asteroids) of the USSR Seas
	Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:	Zoological Institute of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR, no. 34
	Page(s):	vi + 183
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	Notes:	1968 translation from Russian by the Smithsonian Institution and National Science Foundation, Translator/Editor Rae Finesilver
	Reference for:	Lophaster

	Author(s)/Editor(s):	Fisher, Walter Kenrick
	Publication Date:	1911
	Article/Chapter Title:	Asteroidea of the North Pacific and Adjacent Waters, Part 1. Phanerozonia and Spinulosa
	Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:	United States National Museum Bulletin, no. 76
	Page(s):	vi + 419
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	Notes:	Available online: http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7840387
	Reference for:	Lophaster

Geographic Information


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Comments


	Comment:	urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:123337

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