Antarctic Invertebrates: Acodontaster conspicuus

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Classification

Animalia Kingdom
- Echinodermata Phylum
  - Asteroidea Class
    - Valvatida Order
      - Odontasteridae Family
        
        Acodontaster Genus
        
        conspicuus Species

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USNM E13682.366469

Geographic Distribution

Bathymetric Specimen Dispersal

54 individual specimens found for Acodontaster conspicuus.

Acodontaster conspicuus (Koehler, 1920) Species

Synonymy

Pseudontaster conspicuus Koehler, 1920: 202-210; Pl. XLII, fig.1-7; Pl. XLIII, fig. 1-10; Pl. LXX, fig. 1.

Original Description
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Remarks

Original genus name "Pseudontaster"

Specimens

Displaying 10 of 31 Specimens

Type Status	Catalog No.	Date Collected	Location	Coordinates	Depth (m)	Vessel
	E13682	12/31/1962	Antarctic Ocean	61.32° S, 56.16° W	220 – 240	Eltanin R/V
	E13684	1/29/1966	Antarctic Ocean	64.84° S, 63.25° W	104 – 146	Eastwind R/V
	E13685	1/3/1963	Antarctic Ocean	62.2° S, 58.3° W	509 – 549	Eltanin R/V
	E13686	1/8/1963	Antarctic Ocean	63.2° S, 58.8° W	73	Eltanin R/V
	E13687	1/2/1963	Antarctic Ocean	62.7° S, 56.2° W	406 – 465	Eltanin R/V
	E13688	3/13/1964	Antarctic Ocean	61.42° S, 56.52° W	300	Eltanin R/V
	E13689	10/31/1961	Antarctic Ocean
	E13690		Ross Sea	77.4° S, 163.8° E	140	Glacier R/V
	E13691	3/15/1964	Antarctic Ocean	62.7° S, 54.7° W	210 – 220	Eltanin R/V
	E37218	11/30/1958	Ross Sea	74.7° S, 165.9° E	165	Glacier R/V

Displaying 10 of 31 Specimens

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