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Plutonaster  Sladen, 1889
Taxonomic Serial No.: 156929

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
  Synonym(s): Plutonaster edwardsi (Perrier, 1882)
  
  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
       
 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  
                   SuperorderValvatacea Blake, 1987  
                      OrderPaxillosida Perrier, 1884  
                         FamilyAstropectinidae Gray, 1840  
                            GenusPlutonaster Sladen, 1889  
    Direct Children:  
                               Species Plutonaster agassizi (Verrill, 1880)  
                               Species Plutonaster ambiguus Sladen, 1889  
                               Species Plutonaster bifrons (Wyville Thomson, 1873)  
                               Species Plutonaster complexus H. E. S. Clark & McKnight, 2000  
                               Species Plutonaster efflorescens (Perrier, 1884)  
                               Species Plutonaster fragilis H. E. S. Clark, 1970  
                               Species Plutonaster hikurangi H. E. S. Clark & McKnight, 2000  
                               Species Plutonaster intermedius (Perrier, 1881)  
                               Species Plutonaster jonathani H. E. S. Clark & McKnight, 2000  
                               Species Plutonaster keiensis Döderlein, 1921  
                               Species Plutonaster knoxi Fell, 1958  
                               Species Plutonaster marginatus Sladen, 1889  
                               Species Plutonaster sirius A. H. Clark, 1917  
       

 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: Plutonaster    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Plutonaster   
       
  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: Plutonaster   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Clark, Ailsa M., and Maureen E. Downey  
  Publication Date: 1992   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Starfishes of the Atlantic   
  Page(s): xxvi + 794   
  Publisher: Chapman and Hall   
  Publication Place: New York, New York, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-412-43280-3   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Plutonaster   
       

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 Comments
       
  Comment: urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:123254  
 

 

    

 
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