WoRMS taxon details
Asterinidae Gray, 1840
AphiaID: 123133
AphiaID: 123133
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Asterozoa (Subphylum) > Asteroidea (Class) > Valvatacea (Superorder) > Valvatida (Order) |
| Status | accepted | |||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | |||||||||||||
| Rank | Family | |||||||||||||
| Parent | Valvatida | |||||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Marginaster littoralis Dartnall, 1970 (An asterinid, but which species is uncertain.) | |||||||||||||
| Sources |
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 (look up in IMIS) [details] 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. (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: O'Loughlin, P.M. and J.M. Waters. (2004). A molecular and morphological revision of genera of Asterinidae (Echinodermata: Asteroidea). Memoirs of Museum Victoria 61(1): 1-40. [details] additional source: Clark, A.M. (1993). An index of names of recent Asteroidea, part 2: Valvatida, in: Jangoux, M.; Lawrence, J.M. (Ed.) (1993). Echinoderm Studies, 4: pp. 187-366 (look up in IMIS) [details] status source: Mah, C.L. and D.W. Foltz. (2011). Molecular Phylogeny of the Valvatacea (Asteroidea, Echinodermata). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 161: 769-788., available online at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1096-3642.2010.00659.x/full [details] | |||||||||||||
| Vernacular Names |
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| Direct child taxa [show all] | Genus Ailsastra O'Loughlin & Rowe, 2005 Genus Allopatiria Verrill, 1913 Genus Anseropoda Nardo, 1834 Genus Aquilonastra O'Loughlin in O'Loughlin & Waters, 2004 Genus Asterina Nardo, 1834 Genus Asterinides Verrill, 1913 Genus Asterinopsis Verrill, 1913 Genus Callopatiria Verrill, 1913 Genus Cryptasterina Dartnall, Byrne, Collins & Hart, 2003 Genus Disasterina Perrier, 1875 Genus Indianastra O'Loughlin in O'Loughlin & Waters, 2004 Genus Kampylaster Koehler, 1920 Genus Manasterina H.L. Clark, 1938 Genus Meridiastra O'Loughlin, 2002 Genus Nepanthia Gray, 1840 Genus Paranepanthia Fisher, 1917 Genus Parvulastra O'Loughlin in O'Loughlin & Waters, 2004 Genus Patiria Gray, 1840 Genus Patiriella Verrill, 1913 Genus Pseudasterina Aziz & Jangoux, 1985 Genus Pseudonepanthia A.H. Clark, 1916 Genus Pseudopatiria O'Loughlin in O'Loughlin & Waters, 2004 Genus Stegnaster Sladen, 1889 Genus Tegulaster Livingstone, 1933 Genus Tremaster Verrill, 1880 Genus Desmopatiria Verrill, 1913 (nomen dubium) Genus Ctenaster L. Agassiz, 1836 (nomen nudum, Cited only as synonym of Asterina) Genus Asteriscus Müller & Troschel, 1842 accepted as Anseropoda Nardo, 1834 Genus Carna Gistel, 1848 accepted as Anseropoda Nardo, 1834 Genus Enoplopatiria Verrill, 1913 accepted as Patiria Gray, 1840 Subfamily Ganeriinae Sladen, 1889 accepted as Ganeriidae Sladen, 1889 Genus Habroporina H.L. Clark, 1921 accepted as Disasterina Perrier, 1875 Genus Palmipes L. Agassiz, 1836 accepted as Anseropoda Nardo, 1834 Genus Parasterina Fisher, 1908 accepted as Nepanthia Gray, 1840 Genus Patiria Perrier, 1875 accepted as Allopatiria Verrill, 1913 Genus Paxillasterina A.M.Clark, 1983 accepted as Asterinides Verrill, 1913 | |||||||||||||
| Environment | marine, | |||||||||||||
| Fossil range | recent + fossil | |||||||||||||
| Feedingtypes |
omnivore [details]
predator [details] scavenger [details] | |||||||||||||
| Links | To GenBank To ITIS | |||||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:123133 | |||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Edit history |
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| Citation: Mah, C.; Hansson, H. (2013). Asterinidae. In: Mah, C.L. (2013) World Asteroidea database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=123133 on 2013-05-22 | ||||||||||||||
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