WoRMS taxon details
Oreasteridae Fisher, 1911
AphiaID: 149871
AphiaID: 149871
| 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 | ||||||||||
| Sources |
basis of record: North East Atlantic Taxa (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: Döderlein, L. (1924). Die Asteriden der Siboga-Exped. II. Pentagonasteridae. Siboga-Expedition, 46(2): 49-69, pls. 14-19. [details] additional source: Döderlein, L. (1935). Die Asteriden der Siboga-Exped. III. Oreasteridae. Siboga-Expedition, 46(2): 71-110, pls. 15-20. [details] | ||||||||||
| Direct child taxa [show all] | Genus Acheronaster H.E.S. Clark, 1982 Genus Anthaster Doderlein, 1915 Genus Anthenea Gray, 1840 Genus Astrosarkus Mah, 2003 Genus Bothriaster Doderlein, 1916 Genus Choriaster Lutken, 1869 Genus Culcita (Agassiz, 1836) Genus Goniodiscaster H.L. Clark, 1909 Genus Gymnanthenea H.L. Clark, 1938 Genus Halityle Fisher, 1913 Genus Monachaster Doderlein, 1916 Genus Nectriaster H.L. Clark, 1946 Genus Nidorellia Gray, 1840 Genus Oreaster Müller & Troschel, 1842 Genus Pentaceraster Doderlein, 1916 Genus Pentaster Doderlein, 1935 Genus Poraster Doderlein, 1916 Genus Protoreaster Doderlein, 1916 Genus Pseudanthenea Doderlein, 1915 Genus Pseudoreaster Verrill, 1899 Genus Culcitaster Clark, 1915 accepted as Halityle Fisher, 1913 Genus Goniodiscides Fisher, 1906 accepted as Culcita (Agassiz, 1836) Genus Goniodiscus Müller & Troschel, 1842 accepted as Culcita (Agassiz, 1836) Genus Gymnasterias accepted as Porania Gray, 1840 Genus Hosea Gray, 1866 accepted as Anthenea Gray, 1840 Genus Hosia Gray, 1840 accepted as Anthenea Gray, 1840 Genus Pentaceropsis Sladen, 1889 accepted as Pentaster Doderlein, 1935 Genus Pentaceros Gray, 1840 accepted as Oreaster Müller & Troschel, 1842 Genus Randasia Gray, 1840 accepted as Culcita (Agassiz, 1836) | ||||||||||
| Environment | marine, | ||||||||||
| Fossil range | recent + fossil | ||||||||||
| Links | To GenBank To ITIS | ||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:149871 | ||||||||||
| Taxonomic Edit history |
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| Citation: Mah, C. (2013). Oreasteridae. 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=149871 on 2013-05-25 | |||||||||||
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