Asterina phylactica
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| Asterina phylactica | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Echinodermata |
| Subphylum: | Eleutherozoa |
| Class: | Asteroidea |
| Order: | Valvatida |
| Suborder: | Leptognathina |
| Family: | Asterinidae |
| Genus: | Asterina[1] |
| Species: | A. phylactica |
| Binomial name | |
| Asterina phylactica (Emson and Crump, 1979) |
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Asterina phylactica is a species of sea star. It can be found in geographically widespread sites around the British Isles and in the Medieterranean and Australia. It has five arms, is about 1.5 cm across and is of green colour.[2] The species was formally identified in 1979 and is very similar to Asterina gibbosa.
[edit] References
- ^ Parvulastra phylactica, The Taxonomicon, accessed 31 August 2008
- ^ Asterina phylactica, habitas.org.uk, accessed 31 August 2008
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