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WoRMS taxon details
Asteroidea
AphiaID: 123080
AphiaID: 123080
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Asterozoa (Subphylum) |
| Authority | de Blainville, 1830 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Status | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rank | Class | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Parent | Asterozoa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sources |
basis of record: Clark, A.M. (1989). An index of names of recent Asteroidea, part 1: Paxillosida and Notomyotida, in: Jangoux, M.; Lawrence, J.M. (Ed.) (1989). Echinoderm Studies, 3: pp. 225-347 (look up in IMIS) [details] basis of record: 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] basis of record: Clark, A.M. (1996). An index of names of recent Asteroidea, part 3. Velatida and Spinulosida, in: Jangoux, M.; Lawrence, J.M. (Ed.) (1996). Echinoderm Studies, 5: pp. 183-250 (look up in IMIS) [details] basis of record: Clark, A.M.and Mah, C. (2001). An index of names of recent Asteroidea, part 4. Forcipulatida and Brisingida, in: Jangoux, M.; Lawrence, J.M. (Ed.) (2001). Echinoderm Studies, 6: pp. 229-347 (look up in IMIS) [details] 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.L. (2006). A new species of Xyloplax from the Northeast Pacific: comparative morphology and a reassessment of phylogeny. Invertebrate Biology 125 (2): 136-153 [details] additional source: Blake, D.B. (1987). Classification and phylogeny of post-Paleozoic sea stars (Asteroidea: Echinodermata). Journal of Natural History 21: 481-528. [details] additional source: Massin, Claude (look up in IMIS) [details] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Direct child taxa | Order Brisingida Infraclass Concentricycloidea Order Forcipulatida Order Notomyotida Order Paxillosida Order Spinulosida Order Valvatida Order Velatida Order Euclasteroidea accepted as Brisingida Order Platyasterida accepted as Paxillosida | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Environment | marine, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fossil range | recent + fossil | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Distribution | Southern Ocean [details] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Feedingtypes |
omnivore [details]
predator [details] scavenger [details] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Links | To GenBank To ITIS | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Citation: Hansson, H. (2010). Asteroidea. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=123080 on 2010-09-02 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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