Forcipulatida 
AphiaID: 123086

Classification: Biota > Animalia > Echinodermata > Asterozoa > Asteroidea > Forcipulatacea

Authority		Perrier, 1884
Status		accepted
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank		Order
Parent		Forcipulatacea
Sources		basis of record: Hansson, H.G. (2001). Echinodermata, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). 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, 50: pp. 336-351 (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: Mah, C. & D. Foltz. (2011). Molecular Phylogeny of the Forcipulatacea (Asteroidea: Echinodermata): systematics and biogeography. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 162(3): 646-660, available online at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1096-3642.2010.00688.x/abstract [details] additional source: Massin, Claude (look up in IMIS) [details]
Direct child taxa		Family Asteriidae Gray, 1840 Family Heliasteridae Viguier, 1878 Family Pedicellasteridae Perrier, 1884 Family Pycnopodiidae Fisher, 1928 Family Stichasteridae Family Zoroasteridae Sladen, 1889 Family Labidiasteridae Verrill, 1914 accepted as Heliasteridae Viguier, 1878 Family Neomorphasteridae Fisher, 1923 accepted as Stichasteridae
Environment		marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range		recent + fossil
Links		To GenBank To ITIS
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:123086
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2004-12-21 15:54:05Z   created   Hansson, Hans 2007-12-29 02:37:08Z   changed   Mah, Christopher 2007-12-30 03:30:36Z   changed   Mah, Christopher 2008-02-09 20:23:27Z   changed   Mah, Christopher 2011-10-20 21:42:30Z   changed   Mah, Christopher
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		Citation: Mah, C.; Hansson, H. (2013). Forcipulatida. Accessed through: Mah, C.L. (2013). World Asteroidea database at http://www.marinespecies.org/Asteroidea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=123086 on 2013-05-19