Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Echinodermata > Subphylum Asterozoa > Class Asteroidea > Superorder Valvatacea > Order Valvatida > Family Asterinidae > Genus Allopatiria

Allopatiria ocellifera (Gray, 1847)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Allopatiria*	Verrill, 1913	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Parasterina africana*	Engel & Croes, 1960	synonym
*Patiria ocellifera*	Gray, 1847	synonym
*Patiria pulla*	Koehler & Vaney, 1906	synonym
*Patiria rosea*	Koehler & Vaney, 1906	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.

Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications)
USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection
GBIF

Citation

Mah, C. (2014). Allopatiria ocellifera (Gray, 1847). 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:123983