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Taxonomy
Phylum: Echinodermata
This is not a Mollusc. Other non-Molluscan Phyla (Echinodermata, Brachiopoda etc) have been included to help identify species that may be mistaken for Mollusca, but are not.
Family:
PTERASTERIDAE
Full Classification:
Echinodermata (Phylum)
> Asterozoa (Subphylum)
> Asteroidea (Class)
> Valvatacea (Superorder)
> Velatida (Order)
> Pterasteridae (Family)
> Pteraster (Genus)
> obesus (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Apterodon Fisher, 1940
=Pteraster (Apterodon) Fisher, 1940 accepted, alternate representation
Synonymised Names:
=Pteraster (Apterodon) obesus H.L. Clark, 1908 accepted, alternate representation
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Taxonomy
Phylum: Echinodermata
This is not a Mollusc. Other non-Molluscan Phyla (Echinodermata, Brachiopoda etc) have been included to help identify species that may be mistaken for Mollusca, but are not.
Family:
PTERASTERIDAE
Full Classification:
Echinodermata (Phylum)
> Asterozoa (Subphylum)
> Asteroidea (Class)
> Valvatacea (Superorder)
> Velatida (Order)
> Pterasteridae (Family)
> Pteraster (Genus)
> obesus (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Apterodon Fisher, 1940
=Pteraster (Apterodon) Fisher, 1940 accepted, alternate representation
Synonymised Names:
=Pteraster (Apterodon) obesus H.L. Clark, 1908 accepted, alternate representation
Details: Pteraster obesus H.L. Clark, 1908
Distribution:
Northern Tasman Sea and Kermadec Islands 142-850 metres. Also known from Japan and the Philippines
Geographical Range:
K
Notes:
Marine
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Key to Geographical Ranges
NZ Map showing Geographical Ranges
The symbols K.A.C.F.M.An. are used to indicate the geographical range of the species. They have been adopted to give an approximation of the range of each species within New Zealand.
K=
Kermadec Islands
A=
Aupourian - Kaipara Harbour, north around North Cape, encompassing the Three Kings Islands and south to East Cape
C=
Cookian - Lower North Island and the northern part of the South Island
F=
Forsterian - Otago, Fiordland and Stewart Island
M=
Moriorian - Chatham Islands, Pitt Island
An=
Antipodean - Subantarctic Islands of New Zealand
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
E =
Endemic
I =
Introduced
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil