WoRMS taxon details
Myxasteridae Perrier, 1885
Myxasterinae Perrier, 1894 · unaccepted
Pythonasteridae Sladen, 1889 · unaccepted
Pythonasterinae Sladen, 1889 · unaccepted
Genus Asthenactis Fisher, 1906
Genus Heligmaster Mah, 2022
Genus Myxaster Perrier, 1885
Genus Pythonaster Sladen in Thomson & Murray, 1885
Subfamily Pythonasterinae Sladen, 1889 accepted as Pythonasteridae Sladen, 1889 accepted as Myxasteridae Perrier, 1885
Genus Heligmaster Mah, 2022
Genus Myxaster Perrier, 1885
Genus Pythonaster Sladen in Thomson & Murray, 1885
Subfamily Pythonasterinae Sladen, 1889 accepted as Pythonasteridae Sladen, 1889 accepted as Myxasteridae Perrier, 1885
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Not documented
Mah, C.L. (2023). World Asteroidea Database. Myxasteridae Perrier, 1885. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=123141 on 2023-09-29
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original description
(of Myxasterinae Perrier, 1894) Perrier, E. (1894). Stellérides. Expéditions Scientifique <i>Travailleur</i> et du <i>Talisman</i>. 3:1-431, 26 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44802953
page(s): 22 [details]
original description (of Pythonasterinae Sladen, 1889) Sladen, W.P. (1889). Report on the Asteroidea. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–1876. Zoology.</em> 30 (part 51): xlii + 893 pages, 118 plates., available online at http://www.19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-51/README.htm
page(s): 530; note: as subfamily of Pterasteridae [details]
basis of record Clark, A. M. (1996). An index of names of recent Asteroidea, part 3. Velatida and Spinulosida. <em>In: Jangoux, M.; Lawrence, J.M. (Ed.) (1996). Echinoderm Studies.</em> 5: 183-250. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Clark, A. M. (1996). An index of names of recent Asteroidea, part 3. Velatida and Spinulosida. <em>In: Jangoux, M.; Lawrence, J.M. (Ed.) (1996). Echinoderm Studies.</em> 5: 183-250. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Fisher, W.K. (1906). The starfishes of the Hawaiian islands. Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission, 23: 987-1130., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51691707 [details]
additional source Sladen, W.P. (1889). Report on the Asteroidea. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–1876. Zoology.</em> 30 (part 51): xlii + 893 pages, 118 plates., available online at http://www.19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-51/README.htm [details]
additional source McKnight, D. G. (2006). The marine fauna of New Zealand, Echinodermata: Asteroidea (Sea-stars). 3. Orders Velatida, Spinulosida, Forcipulatida, Brisingida with addenda to Paxillosida, Valvatida. <em>NIWA Biodiversity Memoir.</em> 120: 1-187., available online at http://docs.niwa.co.nz/library/public/NIWAbm120.pdf [details] Available for editors
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additional source Alton, M.S. (1966).A new sea-star from the northeastern Pacific Ocean, <i>Asthenactis fisheri</i> n. sp., with a review of the family Myxasteridae.Deep-Sea Research 13: 687-697 [details]
identification resource Mah, CL.; Mercier, A.; Hamel, J.-P.; Nizinski, M. (2012). Distribution Data and Taxonomic Notes on Atlantic Myxasteridae. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3572: 55-62., available online at http://mapress.com/zootaxa/2012/f/z03572p062f.pdf [details]
identification resource Downey, M. E. (1979). <i>Pythonaster pacificus</i> n. sp., a new starfish of the family Myxasteridae (Echinodermata: Asteroidea. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 92: 70-74., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35513777 [details]
page(s): 22 [details]
original description (of Pythonasterinae Sladen, 1889) Sladen, W.P. (1889). Report on the Asteroidea. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–1876. Zoology.</em> 30 (part 51): xlii + 893 pages, 118 plates., available online at http://www.19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-51/README.htm
page(s): 530; note: as subfamily of Pterasteridae [details]
basis of record Clark, A. M. (1996). An index of names of recent Asteroidea, part 3. Velatida and Spinulosida. <em>In: Jangoux, M.; Lawrence, J.M. (Ed.) (1996). Echinoderm Studies.</em> 5: 183-250. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Clark, A. M. (1996). An index of names of recent Asteroidea, part 3. Velatida and Spinulosida. <em>In: Jangoux, M.; Lawrence, J.M. (Ed.) (1996). Echinoderm Studies.</em> 5: 183-250. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Fisher, W.K. (1906). The starfishes of the Hawaiian islands. Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission, 23: 987-1130., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51691707 [details]
additional source Sladen, W.P. (1889). Report on the Asteroidea. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–1876. Zoology.</em> 30 (part 51): xlii + 893 pages, 118 plates., available online at http://www.19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-51/README.htm [details]
additional source McKnight, D. G. (2006). The marine fauna of New Zealand, Echinodermata: Asteroidea (Sea-stars). 3. Orders Velatida, Spinulosida, Forcipulatida, Brisingida with addenda to Paxillosida, Valvatida. <em>NIWA Biodiversity Memoir.</em> 120: 1-187., available online at http://docs.niwa.co.nz/library/public/NIWAbm120.pdf [details] Available for editors
[request] additional source Alton, M.S. (1966).A new sea-star from the northeastern Pacific Ocean, <i>Asthenactis fisheri</i> n. sp., with a review of the family Myxasteridae.Deep-Sea Research 13: 687-697 [details]
identification resource Mah, CL.; Mercier, A.; Hamel, J.-P.; Nizinski, M. (2012). Distribution Data and Taxonomic Notes on Atlantic Myxasteridae. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3572: 55-62., available online at http://mapress.com/zootaxa/2012/f/z03572p062f.pdf [details]
identification resource Downey, M. E. (1979). <i>Pythonaster pacificus</i> n. sp., a new starfish of the family Myxasteridae (Echinodermata: Asteroidea. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 92: 70-74., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35513777 [details]
