Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Echinodermata > Subphylum Asterozoa > Class Asteroidea > Superorder Valvatacea > Order Paxillosida > Family Astropectinidae > Genus Bathybiaster

Bathybiaster vexillifer (W. Thomson, 1873)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

BathybiasterDanielssen & Koren, 1883accepted genus name
Ilyaster Danielssen & Koren, 1882 synonym
Phoxaster Sladen, 1889 synonym

Species group names

Archaster robustus Verrill, 1885 synonym
Archaster vexillifer Wyville Thomson, 1873 synonym
Astropecten pallidus Danielssen & Koren, 1877 synonym
Ilyaster mirabilis Danielssen & Koren, 1882 synonym
Phoxaster pumilus Sladen, 1889 synonym

Literature

basis of record

Hansson, H.G. (2001). Echinodermata, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 336-351

additional source

Clark, A.M. and M.E. Downey. (1992). Starfishes of the Atlantic. Chapman & Hall Identification Guides, 3. Chapman & Hall: London, UK. ISBN 0-412-43280-3. xxvi, 794 pp.

additional source

North East Atlantic Taxa

Genbank

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Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

Biodiversity Heritage Library (23 publications)
USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection
GBIF

Citation

Mah, C. (2014). Bathybiaster vexillifer (W. Thomson, 1873). In: Mah, C.L. (2014) World Asteroidea database. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:123881

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine, not brackish, not fresh, not terrestrial

Importance

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Last modified

2009-01-11 by Christopher Mah

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