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| Mesasterias C.G. Ehrenberg 1872, p. 277 | |
| Generitype | T: Mesasterias abyssi C.G. Ehrenberg 1872 |
| Designated by | Ehrenberg, C.G.(000311) |
| Year Designated | 1872 |
| Nomenclatural status | valid |
| Recent revisions | |
| Comments | Type by monotypy. Mesasterias is described as a new genus in Ehrenberg 1872 (ref. 001196), p. 277, and a single species M. abyssi is described p. 299. Also introduced as a new genus in Ehrenberg 1873, pg. 148 (ref. 000311), and illustrated (M. abyssi) pl. 9, fig. 7. |
| Published in |
Ehrenberg, C.G. 1872 (ref. 1196) Mikrogeologische Studien als Zusammenfassung seiner Beobachtungen des kleinsten Lebens der Meeres-Tiefgründe aller Zonen und dessen geologischen Einflufs. Monatsbericht der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin, Vol:1872, 265-322 |