Asteropseidae Hotchkiss & Clark, 1976 
AphiaID: 149874

Classification: Biota > Animalia > Echinodermata > Asterozoa > Asteroidea > Valvatacea > Valvatida

Status		accepted
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank		Family
Parent		Valvatida
Synonymised taxa		Asteropidae Fisher, 1908 Gymnasteriidae Valvasteridae Viguier, 1878 (monotypic family synonymized into Asteropseidae by Blake (1980)) Valvasterinae Viguier, 1878
Sources		original description: 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] basis of record: North East Atlantic Taxa (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: Clark, A.M. (1993). An index of names of recent Asteroidea, part 2: Valvatida, in: Jangoux, M.; Lawrence, J.M. (Ed.) (1993). Echinoderm Studies, 4: pp. 187-366 (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: Clark, A.M. and M.E. Downey. (1992). Starfishes of the Atlantic. Chapman & Hall Identification Guides, 3. Chapman & Hall: London, UK. ISBN 0-412-43280-3. xxvi, 794 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
Direct child taxa [show all]		Genus Asteropsis Müller & Troschel, 1840 Genus Dermasterias Perrier, 1875 Genus Petricia Gray, 1847 Genus Poraniella Verrill, 1914 Genus Valvaster Perrier, 1875 Genus Asterope Müller & Troschel, 1840 accepted as Asteropsis Müller & Troschel, 1840 Genus Asteropsis Perrier, 1875 accepted as Petricia Gray, 1847 Genus Gymnasteria Gray, 1840 accepted as Asteropsis Müller & Troschel, 1840
Environment		marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range		recent only
Links		To GenBank To ITIS
Note		Remark: 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. The transfer of Valvaster to this family by Blake (1980) means that the name Valvasteridae Viguier, 1878 should take precedence over Asteropseidae but there is a good case for the ICZN to set aside this priority to avoid further confusion. [details]
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:149874
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2005-03-31 08:47:45Z   created   Appeltans, Ward 2005-07-29 11:05:05Z   changed   Braeckman, Ulrike 2008-01-25 09:35:43Z   changed   Mah, Christopher
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		Citation: Mah, C. (2013). Asteropseidae. In: Mah, C.L. (2013) World Asteroidea database. Accessed through: Mah, C.L. (2013) World Asteroidea database at http://www.marinespecies.org/asteroidea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=149874 on 2013-05-18