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Marthasterias africana (Müller & Troschel, 1842)

378941  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:378941)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Echinodermata (Phylum)
  4. Asterozoa (Subphylum)
  5. Asteroidea (Class)
  6. Ambuloasteroidea (Subclass)
  7. Neoasteroidea (Infraclass)
  8. Forcipulatacea (Superorder)
  9. Forcipulatida (Order)
  10. Asteriidae (Family)
  11. Marthasterias (Genus)
  12. Marthasterias africana (Species)
accepted
Species
Asteracanthion africanus Müller & Troschel, 1842 · unaccepted (A forma of Marthasterias...)  
A forma of Marthasterias glacialis (Linnaeus 1758)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Asteracanthion africanus Müller & Troschel, 1842) Müller, J. and Troschel, F. H. (1842). System der Asteriden.1. Asteriae. 2. Ophiuridae. <em>Vieweg: Braunschweig.</em> xxx+134 pp. 12 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/44159
page(s): 15 [details] OpenAccess publication
Status Reduced to a variety of glacialis by Mortensen (1933) but a forma by A.M. Clark (1974)  
Status Reduced to a variety of glacialis by Mortensen (1933) but a forma by A.M. Clark (1974) [details]

Status M. africana re-established as species by Wright et al. 2016  
Status M. africana re-established as species by Wright et al. 2016 [details]
Mah, C.L. (2024). World Asteroidea Database. Marthasterias africana (Müller & Troschel, 1842). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=378941 on 2024-11-21
Date
action
by
2008-12-29 02:59:07Z
created
Mah, Christopher
2017-03-20 21:58:50Z
changed
Mah, Christopher

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original description (of Asteracanthion africanus Müller & Troschel, 1842) Müller, J. and Troschel, F. H. (1842). System der Asteriden.1. Asteriae. 2. Ophiuridae. <em>Vieweg: Braunschweig.</em> xxx+134 pp. 12 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/44159
page(s): 15 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Asterias africana Muller & Troschel, 1842) Müller, J. and Troschel, F. H. (1842). System der Asteriden.1. Asteriae. 2. Ophiuridae. <em>Vieweg: Braunschweig.</em> xxx+134 pp. 12 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/44159
page(s): 15 [details] OpenAccess publication

status source Wright, A.G., Pérez-Portela R. and Griffiths C.L. (2016). Determining the correct identity of South African <i>Marthasterias</i> (Echinodermata: Asteroidea). <em>African Journal of Marine Science.</em> 38(3):., available online at http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.2989/1814232X.2016.1222308 [details] 
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

From editor or global species database
Status Reduced to a variety of glacialis by Mortensen (1933) but a forma by A.M. Clark (1974) [details]

Status M. africana re-established as species by Wright et al. 2016 [details]
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To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications) (from synonym Asterias africana Muller & Troschel, 1842)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Asteracanthion africanus Müller & Troschel, 1842)
To GenBank (47 nucleotides; 23 proteins) 
To PESI (from synonym Asteracanthion africanus Müller & Troschel, 1842)
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