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Pteraster tesselatus  Ives, 1888
Taxonomic Serial No.: 157113

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s): Pteraster japonicus Uchida, 1931
  
    Pteraster reticulatus Verrill, 1909
  
    Pteraster multispinus H. L. Clark, 1901
  
    Pteraster hebes Verrill, 1909
  
    Retaster gracilis H. L. Clark, 1901
  
  Common Name(s):    
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumEchinodermata Bruguière, 1791 [ex Klein, 1734] – echinoderms, échinodermes, bolacha da praia, equinoderma, equinodermata, estrela do mar, ouriço do mar  
             SubphylumAsterozoa   
                ClassAsteroidea de Blainville, 1830 – étoiles de mer, stelléridés, estrela do mar, sea stars, starfishes, starfish, estrella de mar  
                   OrderVelatida Perrier, 1884  
                      FamilyPterasteridae Perrier, 1875  
                         GenusPteraster Müller & Troschel, 1842 – slime stars  
                            SpeciesPteraster tesselatus Ives, 1888  
    Direct Children:  
                               SubspeciesPteraster tesselatus arcuatus Fisher, 1911  
                               SubspeciesPteraster tesselatus glomus Hayashi, 1940  
                               SubspeciesPteraster tesselatus tesselatus Ives, 1888  
       

 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: Pteraster tesselatus    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Pteraster tesselatus   
       
  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: Pteraster tesselatus   
       
  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: Pteraster tesselatus   
       
  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: Pteraster tesselatus   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Maluf, Linda Yvonne   
  Publication Date: 1988   
  Article/Chapter Title: Composition and distribution of the central eastern Pacific echinoderms   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Technical Reports, no. 2   
  Page(s): 242   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 0887-1213   
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  Reference for: Pteraster tesselatus   
       

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