WoRMS taxon details
Goniasteridae Forbes, 1841
AphiaID: 123135
AphiaID: 123135
| 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 |
Pentopliidae H.E.S. Clark, 1971 (Pentopliidae synonymized into Goniasteridae by Blake, 1987.) | |||||||||||||
| 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: Halpern, J.A. (1970). Goniasteridae (Echinodermata: Asteroidea) of the Straits of Florida. Bulletin of Marine Science 20(1): 193-286 [details] additional source: Mah, C. (2007). Systematics, phylogeny and historical biogeography of the Pentagonaster clade (Asteroidea: Valvatida: Goniasteridae). Invertebrate Systematics 21: 311-339. [details] additional source: Mah, C.L. (2006). Phylogenetic analysis and biogeography of the deep-sea goniasterid, Circeaster (Echinodermata: Asteroidea) including descriptions of six new species. Zoosystema. 28(4): 917-954. [details] additional source: Mah, C.L. (2005). A phylogeny of Iconaster and Glyphodiscus (Goniasteridae; Valvatida; Asteroidea) with descriptions of four new species. Zoosystema 27(1): 131-167. [details] additional source: Massin, Claude (look up in IMIS) [details] from synonym: Clark,H.E.S. 1971. Pentopliidae, a new family of Asteroidea from the South Atlantic Ocean. Bulletin of Marine Science 21: 545-551. [details] [view taxon] | |||||||||||||
| Vernacular Names |
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| Direct child taxa [show all] | Genus Anthenoides Perrier, 1881 Genus Apollonaster Halpern, 1970 Genus Astroceramus Fisher, 1906 Genus Astropatricia McKnight, 2006 Genus Astrothauma Fisher, 1913 Genus Atelorias Fisher, 1911 Genus Calliaster Gray, 1840 Genus Calliderma Gray, 1847 Genus Ceramaster Verrill, 1899 Genus Chitonaster Sladen, 1889 Genus Circeaster Koehler, 1909 Genus Cladaster Verrill, 1899 Genus Diplasiaster Halpern, 1970 Genus Dorigona Gray, 1866 Genus Enigmaster McKnight & H.E.S. Clark, 1996 Genus Eratosaster Mah, 2011 Genus Floriaster Downey, 1980 Genus Fromia Gray, 1840 Genus Gigantaster Doderlein, 1924 Genus Glyphodiscus Fisher, 1917 Genus Goniaster L. Agassiz, 1836 Subfamily Hippasterinae
Genus Johannaster Koehler, 1909 Genus Kermitaster H.E.S. Clark, 2001 Genus Lithosoma Fisher, 1911 Genus Litonotaster Verrill, 1899 Genus Lydiaster Koehler, 1909 Genus Mabahissaster Macan, 1938 Genus Mariaster A.H. Clark, 1916 Genus Mediaster Stimpson, 1857 Genus Milteliphaster Alcock, 1893 Genus Nectria Gray, 1840 Genus Neoferdina Livingstone, 1931 Genus Notioceramus Fisher, 1940 Genus Nymphaster Sladen, 1889 Genus Ogmaster von Martens, 1865 Genus Peltaster Verrill, 1899 Subfamily Pentagonasterinae Perrier,
Genus Pillsburiaster Halpern, 1970 Genus Plinthaster Verrill, 1899 Genus Pontioceramus Fisher, 1911 Genus Progoniaster Doderlein, 1924 Genus Pseudoceramaster Jangoux, 1981 Genus Pseudogoniodiscaster Livingstone, 1930 Genus Rosaster Perrier, 1894 Genus Sibogaster Doderlein, 1924 Genus Siraster H.L. Clark, 1915 Genus Sphaeriodiscus Fisher, 1910 Genus Stellaster Gray, 1840 Genus Stellasteropsis Dollfus, 1936 Genus Styphlaster H.L. Clark, 1938 Genus Tessellaster H.L.Clark, 1941 Genus Antheniaster Verrill, 1899 accepted as Anthenoides Perrier, 1881 Genus Astrogonium Müller & Troschel, 1842 accepted as Goniaster L. Agassiz, 1836 Genus Dorigona Perrier, 1885, non Gray, 1866 accepted as Nymphaster Sladen, 1889 Genus Eugoniaster Verrill, 1899 accepted as Plinthaster Verrill, 1899 Genus Isaster Verrill, 1894 accepted as Mediaster Stimpson, 1857 Genus Leptogonaster Sladen, 1889 accepted as Anthenoides Perrier, 1881 Genus Nereidaster Verrill, 1899 accepted as Rosaster Perrier, 1894 Genus Pentoplia H.E.S. Clark, 1971 accepted as Chitonaster Sladen, 1889 Genus Phaneraster Perrier, 1894 accepted as Goniaster L. Agassiz, 1836 Genus Philonaster Koehler, 1909 accepted as Ceramaster Verrill, 1899 Genus Pyrenaster Verrill, 1899 accepted as Plinthaster Verrill, 1899 Genus Stephanaster Ayres, 1851 accepted as Pentagonaster Gray, 1840 Genus Tosiaster Verrill, 1914 accepted as Ceramaster Verrill, 1899 | |||||||||||||
| Environment | marine, | |||||||||||||
| Fossil range | recent + fossil | |||||||||||||
| Links | To GenBank To ITIS | |||||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:123135 | |||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Edit history |
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| Citation: Mah, C.; Hansson, H. (2013). Goniasteridae. 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=123135 on 2013-05-25 | ||||||||||||||
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