Taxonomy
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- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Coelomopora
()
- (Marcus, 1958) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Echinodermata
()
- Klein, 1734 Ex De Brugière, 1789
- Echinoderms
- Subphylum:
Eleutherozoa
()
- Bell, 1891
- Infraphylum:
Asterozoa
()
- Von Zittel, 1895
- Class:
Stelleroidea
()
- Subclass:
Asteroidea
()
- Order:
Spinulosida
()
- Family:
Pterasteridae
()
- Genus:
Pteraster
()
- Specific name:
reticulatus
- Fisher 1906
- Scientific name: - Pteraster reticulatus
- Specific name:
reticulatus
- Fisher 1906
- Genus:
Pteraster
(
- Family:
Pterasteridae
(
- Order:
Spinulosida
(
- Subclass:
Asteroidea
(
- Class:
Stelleroidea
(
- Infraphylum:
Asterozoa
(
- Subphylum:
Eleutherozoa
(
- Phylum:
Echinodermata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Coelomopora
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Similar Species
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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
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Contributors
- BioSystematic Database of World Diptera
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2005. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. [http://sn2000.taxonomy.nl/Taxonomicon/]. Access date: Nov 23, 2005
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed December 09, 2007. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 3 providers.
- Pippen, Jeffrey S. Jeff's Nature Page. Accessed December 8, 2007.
- Thomson, Christian (from Diptera).
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal December 09, 2007:
- Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Bishop Museum Natural History Specimen Data
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, Bishop Museum Data
Identifiers
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 16172162
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 2274237
