WoRMS name details
Asteropidae Fisher, 1908
378549 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:378549)
unaccepted
Family
Asteropinae Verrill, 1914 · unaccepted
- Subfamily Asteropinae Verrill, 1914 accepted as Asteropidae Fisher, 1908 accepted as Asteropseidae Hotchkiss & Clark, 1976
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Fisher, W.K. (1908). Necessary changes in the nomenclature of starfishes. <em>Smithsonian Miscellaneous collections (Quaterly).</em> 52: 87-93., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8812483
page(s): 90 [details]
page(s): 90 [details]
Mah, C.L. (2025). World Asteroidea Database. Asteropidae Fisher, 1908. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=378549 on 2025-05-09
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Nomenclature
original description
Fisher, W.K. (1908). Necessary changes in the nomenclature of starfishes. <em>Smithsonian Miscellaneous collections (Quaterly).</em> 52: 87-93., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8812483
page(s): 90 [details]
page(s): 90 [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Hotchkiss, F.H.C. & A.M. Clark. (1976). Restriction of the family Poraniidae sensu Spencer & Wright, 1966 (Echinodermata: Asteroidea). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Zoology 30(6): 263-268 [details]
Other
context source (MSBIAS)
MEDIN. (2011). UK checklist of marine species derived from the applications Marine Recorder and UNICORN. version 1.0. [details]
From editor or global species database
Synonymy As remarked in Hotchkiss & Clark (1976: 266, footnote), the earlier family name Asteropsidae, used once by Perrier (1884: 154) is invalidated by his mistaken concept of the genus Asteropsis Muller & Troschel, 1842, omitting the type species, Asterias carinifera Lamarck, 1816. [details]
