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Myxasteridae Perrier, 1885 
AphiaID: 123141

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Asterozoa (Subphylum) > Asteroidea (Class) > Velatida (Order)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Family
Parent Velatida
Synonymised
taxa		  Myxasterinae Spencer & Wright, 1966
 Pythonasteridae Perrier, 1893
Sources  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]

additional source: Fisher, W.K. (1906). The starfishes of the Hawaiian islands. Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission, 23: 987-1130. [details]

additional source: Sladen, W.P. (1889). Report on the Asteroidea. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-1876, Zoology 30(51): xlii + 893 pages 118 plates. [details]

additional source: McKnight D.G. (2006). The marine fauna of New Zealand, Echinodermata: Asteroidea (Sea-stars). 3. Orders Velatida, Spinulosida, Forcipulatida, Brisingida with addenda to Paxillosida, Valvatida. NIWA Biodiversity Memoir 120: 1-187. [details]

additional source: Alton, M.S. (1966).A new sea-star from the northeastern Pacific Ocean, Asthenactis fisheri n. sp., with a review of the family Myxasteridae.Deep-Sea Research 13: 687-697 [details]

Direct child
taxa
[show all]		 Genus Asthenactis Fisher, 1906
Genus Myxaster Perrier, 1885
Genus Pythonaster Sladen in Thomson & Murray, 1885
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:123141
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  db_admin
2008-01-19 09:31:50Z  changed  Mah, Christopher
  
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  Citation: Mah, C. (2013). Myxasteridae Perrier, 1885. In: Mah, C.L. (2013) World Asteroidea database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=123141 on 2013-05-22
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