Atlas of African Echinoderma

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EchinoMAP:   89
Province:   Eastern Cape
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   3423BB
Observer:   Swanepoel Johan
Date of record:   2011-11-20
Number of photos:   1
Notes:   Depth : 6m Time : 11:17
Last updated:   2020-12-03 13:24:43
Sp. code:   303260
Species name:   Marthasterias africana
Common name:  
Family:   Asteriidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Marthasterias glacialis
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=EchinoMAP-89
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 89 - photo: 1

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Erich Koch
Comment:   Marthasterias glacialis will likely be renamed by the end of the year. Glacialis is better known as the European species, it is currently believed South African is a sub-species
Date:   2013-01-24 16:09:53
Species name:  
Species code:   32767
Comment number:   2
By:   Erich Koch
Comment:  
Date:   2014-01-14 10:48:54
Species name:   Marthasterias africana
Species code:   303260

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