World Register of Deep-Sea species - Paulasteriidae Mah et al., 2015

Deep-Sea taxon details

Paulasteriidae Mah et al., 2015

AphiaID

845408 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:845408)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Family

Parent

Forcipulatacea

Direct children (1)

Ordering

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Genus Paulasterias Mah et al., 2015

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Mah, C.; Linse, K.; Copley, J.; Marsh, L.; Rogers, A.; Clague, D.; Foltz, D. (2015). Description of a new family, new genus, and two new species of deep-sea Forcipulatacea (Asteroidea), including the first known sea star from hydrothermal vent habitats. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 174(1): 93-113., available online at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/zoj.12229/abstract [details] Available for editors

Taxonomic citation

Mah, C.L. (2025). World Asteroidea Database. Paulasteriidae Mah et al., 2015. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=845408 on 2026-09-28

Thematic species database citation

Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Paulasteriidae Mah et al., 2015. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/DeepSea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=845408 on 2026-09-28

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2015-04-21 12:20:54Z

created

Mah, Christopher

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original description Mah, C.; Linse, K.; Copley, J.; Marsh, L.; Rogers, A.; Clague, D.; Foltz, D. (2015). Description of a new family, new genus, and two new species of deep-sea Forcipulatacea (Asteroidea), including the first known sea star from hydrothermal vent habitats. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 174(1): 93-113., available online at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/zoj.12229/abstract [details] Available for editors

context source (Deepsea) Mah, C.; Linse, K.; Copley, J.; Marsh, L.; Rogers, A.; Clague, D.; Foltz, D. (2015). Description of a new family, new genus, and two new species of deep-sea Forcipulatacea (Asteroidea), including the first known sea star from hydrothermal vent habitats. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 174(1): 93-113., available online at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/zoj.12229/abstract [details] Available for editors

Definitions

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To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Paulasteriidae)
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