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

Dytaster insignis (Perrier, 1884)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

DytasterSladen, 1889accepted genus name
Crenaster Perrier, 1885 synonym
Crenaster Perrier, 1885 non d'Orbigny, 1850 synonym

Species group names

Dytaster biserialis Sladen, 1889 synonym
Dytaster exilis Sladen, 1889 synonym

Literature

basis of record

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

Pawson, D. L., D. J. Vance, C. G. Messing, F. A. Solis-Marin, and C. L. Mah. 2009. Echinodermata of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1177–1204 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College S

additional source

Clark, A.M. (1989). An index of names of recent Asteroidea, part 1: Paxillosida and Notomyotida, in: Jangoux, M.; Lawrence, J.M. (Ed.) (1989). Echinoderm Studies, 3: pp. 225-347

Genbank

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Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications)
USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection
GBIF

Citation

Mah, C. (2014). Dytaster insignis (Perrier, 1884). 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:178700

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine, not brackish, not fresh, not terrestrial

Importance

no data

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Last modified

2009-01-11 by Christopher Mah

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