The World Asteroidea Database - Floriaster Downey, 1980

Asteroidea taxon details

Floriaster Downey, 1980

AphiaID

178106 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:178106)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Typetaxon

Floriaster maya Downey, 1980 (type by monotypy)

Parent

Goniasteridae Forbes, 1841

Direct children (1)

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Species Floriaster maya Downey, 1980

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Downey, M. E. (1980). i>Floriaster maya, new genus and species of the family Goniasteridae. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 93(2): 346-349., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34558120 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Mah, C.L. (2024). World Asteroidea Database. Floriaster Downey, 1980. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/asteroidea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=178106 on 2024-04-18

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-07-28 06:51:10Z

created

Braeckman, Ulrike

2008-01-20 07:23:54Z

changed

Mah, Christopher

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Sources (2)

original description Downey, M. E. (1980). i>Floriaster maya, new genus and species of the family Goniasteridae. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 93(2): 346-349., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34558120 [details]

basis of record Clark, A. M.; Downey, M. E. (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]