Asteroidea taxon details
Stichasteridae AphiaID: 152515
| Status | | accepted |
Record
status | | Checked by Taxonomic Editor |
| Rank | | Family |
| Parent | | Forcipulatida |
Synonymised
taxa | |
Neomorphasteridae Fisher, 1923 (synonym)
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| Sources | |
basis of record: Hayward, P.J.; Ryland, J.S. (Ed.) (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK. ISBN 0-19-857356-1. 627 pp. (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]
from synonym: 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] [view taxon]
from synonym: 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] [view taxon]
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Direct child
taxa
[show all] | | Genus Allostichaster Verrill, 1914
Genus Cosmasterias Sladen, 1889
Genus Granaster Perrier, 1894
Genus Neomorphaster Sladen, 1889
Genus Pseudechinaster H.E.S. Clark, 1962
Genus Smilasterias Sladen, 1889
Genus Stichaster Müller & Troschel, 1840
Genus Stichasterella (Farran, 1913)
Genus Stichastrella Verrill, 1914
Genus Stichaster Perrier, 1869 accepted as Stichastrella Verrill, 1914
Genus Stichaster Perrier, 1896 accepted as Stichastrella Verrill, 1914
Genus Tonia Gray, 1840 accepted as Stichaster Müller & Troschel, 1840
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| Environment | | marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial |
| Fossil range | | recent + fossil |
| Note | |
This family has recently found new support from molecular evidence by Mah and Fotlz (2011). [details]
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| LSID | | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:152515 |
Taxonomic
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| | | Citation: Mah, C. (2013). Stichasteridae. 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=152515 on 2013-05-25 |
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