You selected Culcita niassensis Sluiter, 1895. This is a synonym for:
| Accepted scientific name: |
| Choriaster granulatus Lütken, 1869 (accepted name) |
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| Synonyms: |
| Choriaster niassensis (Sluiter, 1895) (synonym) |
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| Culcita niassensis Sluiter, 1895 (synonym) |
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| Common names: |
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| Classification: |
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Animalia |
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| Phylum |
Echinodermata |
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| Class |
Asteroidea |
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| Order |
Valvatida |
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| Family |
Oreasteridae |
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| Genus |
Choriaster |
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| Distribution: |
Red Sea; Red Sea; Red Sea; Seychelles; Seychelles; Red Sea; West Indian Ocean; East Africa; Palau Islands; New Caledonia; Sulawesi |
| Additional data: |
Remark: Syntypes (probable) in Zoologisches Museum für Hamburg, Hamburg (Germany) (1 specimen labelled 'Fidschi inseln'). Type locality: Palau and Fiji as 'Pelew Island and Viti Island' (Rowe & Gates, 1995).
Description: Also distributed in East Indies, Philippine, China, south Japan and South Pacific Is. (Clark & Rowe, 1971); Australia (Rowe & Gates, 1995).
Ecology: benthic, inshore. General distribution: tropical, Indo-west Pacific (also recorded from the Red Sea), depth range 0-40 m. (Rowe & Gates, 1995).
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| Source database: |
WoRMS Asteroidea, Dec 2010 |
| Latest taxonomic scrutiny: |
Mah C., 25-Jan-2008 |
| Online resource: |
http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=213280
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| CoL taxon LSID: |
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