Callopatiria formosa
| Grey starfish, Beautiful starfish | |
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| Callopatiria formosa found at Murphy's reef, Miller's Point, Cape Peninsula | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Echinodermata |
| Class: | Asteroidea |
| Order: | Valvatida |
| Family: | Asterinidae |
| Genus: | Callopatiria |
| Species: | C. formosa
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| Binomial name | |
| Callopatiria formosa (Mortensen, 1933)
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Parasterina formosa Mortensen, 1933
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Callopatiria formosa, the grey starfish or beautiful starfish, is an echinoderm in the family Asterinidae found in South Africa.
Originally described as Parasterina formosa by T. Mortensen, in Echinoderms of South Africa (Asteroidea and Ophiuroidea), 1933. [1][2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Mah, C.L. (2018). World Asteroidea Database. Callopatiria formosa (Mortensen, 1933). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=177967 on 2018-05-19
- ^ Mortensen, T. (1933). Echinoderms of South Africa (Asteroidea and Ophiuroidea) Papers from Dr. Th. Mortensen's Pacific Expedition 1914-16. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk naturhistorisk Forening 93. 65: 215-400.