Description
Habitat
Typically found in water with a depth of 0 to -4,869 meters (0 to -15,974 feet).Mean = -454.450 meters (-1,490.978 feet), Standard Deviation = 1,075.260 based on 20 observations. Ocean depth information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre.
Taxonomy
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
)
- animals
- Phylum:
Echinodermata
()
- Echinoderms
- Class:
Asteroidea
()
- Order:
Spinulosida
()
- Family:
Curculionoidea
()
- Genus:
Pteraster
()
- - cushion star
- Specific name:
militaris
- (O. F. Müller, 1776)
- Scientific name: - Pteraster militaris (O. F. Müller, 1776)
- Specific name:
militaris
- (O. F. Müller, 1776)
- Genus:
Pteraster
(
- Family:
Curculionoidea
(
- Order:
Spinulosida
(
- Class:
Asteroidea
(
- Phylum:
Echinodermata
(
Unambiguous Synonyms
- Pteraster militaris (O. F. Mueller, 1776)
Notes
Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 27-Dec-2004
Similar Species
Members of the genus Pteraster
There are approximately 25 species in this genus:
P. affinis · P. alveolatus · P. bathamae · P. coscinopeplus · P. jordani · P. marpaltensis · P. marplatensis · P. marsippus · P. militaris · P. obesus · P. obscurus · P. personatus · P. pulvillus · P. reductus · P. reticulatus · P. robertsoni · P. rugatus · P. rugosus · P. sp · P. stellifer · P. temnochiton · P. tesselatus (Cushion Sea Star) · P. tesselatus tesselatus · P. trigonodon · P. trigonodum
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Notes
Contributors
- Bisby FA, Roskov YR, Orrell TM, Nicolson D, Paglinawan LE, Bailly N, Kirk PM, Bourgoin T, van Hertum J, eds (2008). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2008 Annual Checklist Taxonomic Classification. CD-ROM; Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed February 01, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 6 providers.
- MBLWHOI Library: Universal Biological Index and Organizer. uBio.org accessed July 21, 2008.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 01, 2008:
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, Atlantic Reference Centre
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, Bay of Fundy Species List
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, Gwaii Haanas Invertebrates
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, Histroical benthic dredge samples from the southern baltic and the North Sea
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, Ifremer BIOCEAN database
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2764959
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-157109
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13727508
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 157109
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 445811
