WoRMS taxon details
Pterasteridae Perrier, 1875
AphiaID: 123142
AphiaID: 123142
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Asterozoa (Subphylum) > Asteroidea (Class) > Velatida (Order) |
| Status | accepted | ||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||
| Rank | Family | ||||||||||
| Parent | Velatida | ||||||||||
| 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] basis of record: 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] additional source: Massin, Claude (look up in IMIS) [details] | ||||||||||
| Vernacular Names |
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| Direct child taxa [show all] | Genus Amembranaster Golotsvan, 1998 Genus Benthaster Sladen, 1882 Genus Calyptraster Sladen, 1882 Genus Diplopteraster Verrill, 1880 Genus Euretaster Fisher, 1940 Genus Hymenaster Thomson, 1873 Genus Hymenasterides Fisher, 1911 Genus Pteraster Müller & Troschel, 1842 Genus Apterodon Fisher, 1940 accepted as Pteraster (Apterodon) Fisher, 1940 represented as Pteraster Müller & Troschel, 1842 Genus Cryptaster Perrier, 1885 accepted as Calyptraster Sladen, 1882 Genus Hexaster Perrier, 1891 accepted as Pteraster Müller & Troschel, 1842 Genus Lophopteraster Verrill, 1895 accepted as Pteraster Müller & Troschel, 1842 Genus Marsipaster Sladen, 1882 accepted as Pteraster Müller & Troschel, 1842 Genus Pterasterides Verrill, 1909 accepted as Pteraster Müller & Troschel, 1842 Genus Retaster Perrier, 1878 accepted as Pteraster Müller & Troschel, 1842 Genus Temnaster Verrill, 1894 accepted as Pteraster Müller & Troschel, 1842 | ||||||||||
| Environment | marine, | ||||||||||
| Fossil range | recent + fossil | ||||||||||
| Links | To GenBank To ITIS | ||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:123142 | ||||||||||
| Taxonomic Edit history |
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| Citation: Mah, C.; Hansson, H. (2013). Pterasteridae. 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=123142 on 2013-05-20 | |||||||||||
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