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Asterinidae Gray, 1840

123133  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:123133)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Echinodermata (Phylum)
  4. Asterozoa (Subphylum)
  5. Asteroidea (Class)
  6. Ambuloasteroidea (Subclass)
  7. Neoasteroidea (Infraclass)
  8. Valvatacea (Superorder)
  9. Valvatida (Order)
  10. Asterinidae (Family)
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  1. Genus Ailsastra O'Loughlin & Rowe, 2005
  2. Genus Anseropoda Nardo, 1834
  3. Subfamily Anseropodinae Fisher, 1906
  4. Genus Aquilonastra O'Loughlin in O'Loughlin & Waters, 2004
  5. Genus Asterina Nardo, 1834
  6. Genus Asterinides Verrill, 1913
  7. Subfamily Asterininae Gray, 1840
    1. Genus Knightaster H.E.S. Clark, 1972
  8. Genus Callopatiria Verrill, 1913
  9. Genus Cryptasterina Dartnall, Byrne, Collins & Hart, 2003
  10. Genus Disasterina Perrier, 1875
  11. Subfamily Ganeriinae Sladen, 1889
    1. Genus Aleutiaster A.H. Clark, 1939
    2. Genus Cuenotaster Thiéry in Koehler, 1920
    3. Genus Cycethra Bell, 1881
    4. Genus Ganeria Gray, 1847
    5. Genus Perknaster Sladen, 1889
    6. Genus Scotiaster Koehler, 1907
    7. Genus Vemaster Bernasconi, 1965
    8. Genus Cribellopsis Koehler, 1917 accepted as Perknaster Sladen, 1889 (A synonym according to Fisher (1940))
    9. Genus Cribraster Perrier, 1891 accepted as Perknaster Sladen, 1889 (A synonym according to Fisher (1940))
    10. Genus Lebrunaster Perrier, 1891 accepted as Cycethra Bell, 1881 (Synonym accoridng to Fisher (1940))
  12. Subfamily Hyalinothricinae Fisher, 1911
    1. Genus Hyalinothrix Fisher, 1911
    2. Genus Seriaster Jangoux, 1984
    3. Genus Tarachaster Fisher, 1913
  13. Genus Indianastra O'Loughlin in O'Loughlin & Waters, 2004
  14. Subfamily Kampylasterinae Mah, 2023
    1. Genus Astrotholus Mah, 2023
    2. Genus Kampylaster Koehler, 1920
  15. Genus Limnasterias Setiadi, 2019
  16. Genus Meridiastra O'Loughlin, 2002
  17. Genus Nepanthia Gray, 1840
  18. Genus Paranepanthia Fisher, 1917
  19. Genus Parvulastra O'Loughlin in O'Loughlin & Waters, 2004
  20. Genus Patiria Gray, 1840
  21. Genus Patiriella Verrill, 1913
  22. Genus Pseudasterina Aziz & Jangoux, 1985
  23. Genus Pseudonepanthia A.H. Clark, 1916
  24. Genus Pseudopatiria O'Loughlin in O'Loughlin & Waters, 2004
  25. Genus Stegnaster Sladen, 1889
  26. Genus Tegulaster Livingstone, 1933
  27. Subfamily Tremasterinae Sladen, 1889
    1. Genus Tremaster Verrill, 1879
  28. Genus Allopatiria Verrill, 1913 accepted as Asterina Nardo, 1834 (Synonym according to O'Loughlin & Waters (2004))
  29. Genus Asteriscus Müller & Troschel, 1842 accepted as Anseropoda Nardo, 1834 (Composite of Anseropoda and Asterina but see note for full explanation of synonymy)
  30. Genus Carna Gistel, 1848 accepted as Anseropoda Nardo, 1834 (synonym)
  31. Genus Ctenaster L. Agassiz, 1836 (unaccepted > nomen nudum, Cited only as synonym of Asterina)
  32. Genus Enoplopatiria Verrill, 1913 accepted as Patiria Gray, 1840
  33. Genus Habroporina H.L. Clark, 1921 accepted as Disasterina Perrier, 1875 (Synonym according to Livingstone (1933))
  34. Genus Manasterina H.L. Clark, 1938 accepted as Disasterina Perrier, 1875 (Synonym according to O'Loughlin & Waters (2004))
  35. Subfamily Palmepedinae Sladen, 1889 accepted as Anseropodidae Fisher, 1906 accepted as Asterinidae Gray, 1840
  36. Genus Palmipes L. Agassiz, 1836 accepted as Anseropoda Nardo, 1834
  37. Genus Parasterina Fisher, 1908 accepted as Nepanthia Gray, 1840 (Synonym according to Rowe and Marsh (1982), confirms Fisher (1941))
  38. Genus Paxillasterina A.M. Clark, 1983 accepted as Asterinides Verrill, 1913
  39. Genus Asterinopsis Verrill, 1913 (uncertain > nomen dubium, Type species is lost/not described)
  40. Genus Desmopatiria Verrill, 1913 (uncertain > nomen dubium)
  41. Genus Socomia Gray, 1840 (uncertain > nomen dubium)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
Gray, J.E. (1840). XXXII. A synopsis of the genera and species of the class Hypostoma (<i>Asterias</i>, Linnaeus). <em>Annals of the Magazine of Natural History.</em> 6: 275-290., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2336044#page/309/mode/1up
page(s): 288 [details] 
WoRMS (2025). Asterinidae Gray, 1840. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=123133 on 2025-04-20
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
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Hansson, Hans
2005-07-28 06:51:10Z
changed
Braeckman, Ulrike
2008-01-19 12:10:32Z
changed
Mah, Christopher

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Nomenclature

original description Gray, J.E. (1840). XXXII. A synopsis of the genera and species of the class Hypostoma (<i>Asterias</i>, Linnaeus). <em>Annals of the Magazine of Natural History.</em> 6: 275-290., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2336044#page/309/mode/1up
page(s): 288 [details] 

original description (of Anseropodidae Fisher, 1906) 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
page(s): 1087 [details] 

original description (of Palmepedinae 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): xxxiv, 394 [details] 

basis of record Hansson, H.G. (2001). Echinodermata, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i>. 50: pp. 336-351. (look up in IMIS) [details] 

Taxonomy

status source Mah, C.; Foltz, D. (2011). Molecular phylogeny of the Valvatacea (Asteroidea: Echinodermata). <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 161(4): 769-788., available online at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1096-3642.2010.00659.x/full [details] 

status source Mah, C. L.; Fujita, T. (2020). New species and occurrence records of Japanese Solasteridae and Ganeriidae including a new species of <i>Paralophaster</i> from the North Pacific with an overview of <em>Hyalinothrix</em>. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4750(1): 67-100., available online at https://mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4750.1.4 [details] 

Identification resource

identification resource O'Loughlin, P.M. and J.M. Waters. (2004). A molecular and morphological revision of genera of Asterinidae (Echinodermata: Asteroidea). Memoirs of Museum Victoria 61(1): 1-40., available online at http://museumvictoria.com.au/pages/3957/61_1_Loughlin.pdf [details] 

Other

context source (PeRMS) Solís-Marín, F. A.; Alvarado, J. J.; Abreu-Pérez, M.; Aguilera, O.; Alió, J.; Bacallado-Aránega, J. J.; Barraza, E.; Benavides-Serrato, M.; Benítez-Villalobos, F.; Betancourt-Fernández, L.; Borges, M.; Brandt, M.; Brogger, M. I.; Borrero-Pérez, G. H.; Buitrón-Sánchez, E.; Campos, L. S.; Cantera, J.; Clemente, S.; Cohen-Renjifo, M.; Coppard, S.; Costa-Lotufo, L. V.; del Valle-García, R.; Díaz, Y.; Díaz de Vivar, M. E.; Díaz-Martínez, J. P.; Durán-González, A.; Epherra, L.; Escolar, M.; Francisco, V.; Freire, C. A.; García-Arrarás, E.; Gil, D. G.; Guarderas, P.; Hadel, V. F.; Hearn, A.; Hernández, J. C.; Hernández-Delgado, E. A.; Herrera-Moreno, A.; Herrero-Pérezrul, M. D.; Hooker, Y.; Honey-Escandón, M. B. I.; Lodeiros, C.; Luzuriaga, M.; Manso, C. L. C.; Martín, A.; Martinez, M. I.; Martínez, S.; Moro-Abad; Mutschke, E.; Navarro, J. C.; Neira, R.; Noriega, N.; Palleiro-Nayar, J. S.; Pérez, A. F.; Pérez-Ruzafa, A.; Prieto-Rios, E.; Reyes, J.; Rodríguez, R.; Rubilar, T.; Sancho-Mejía, T.; Sangil, C.; Silva, J. R. M. C.; Sonnenholzner, J. I.; Ventura, C. R.; Tablado, A.; Tavares, Y.; Tiago, C. G.; Tuya, F.;Williams, S. M. (2013). Appendix. <em>In: J. J. Alvarado & F. A. Solís-Marín (eds), Echinoderm Research and Diversity in Latin America.</em> pp. 471-510. Springer; Berlin & Heidelberg. page(s): 543-654. [details] 

additional source Clark, A. M.; Downey, M. E. (1992). Starfishes of the Atlantic. <i>Chapman & Hall Identification Guides</i>, 3. Chapman & Hall. London, UK. ISBN 0-412-43280-3. xxvi, 794 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] 

additional source O'Loughlin, P.M. and J.M. Waters. (2004). A molecular and morphological revision of genera of Asterinidae (Echinodermata: Asteroidea). Memoirs of Museum Victoria 61(1): 1-40., available online at http://museumvictoria.com.au/pages/3957/61_1_Loughlin.pdf [details] 

additional source Clark, A. M. (1993). An index of names of recent Asteroidea, part 2: Valvatida. <em>In: Jangoux, M.; Lawrence, J.M. (Ed.) (1996). Echinoderm Studies.</em> 4: 187-366. (look up in IMIS) [details] 

 
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