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Solasteridae Viguier, 1878 
AphiaID: 123143

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Asterozoa (Subphylum) > Asteroidea (Class) > Valvatacea (Superorder) > Valvatida (Order)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Family
Parent Valvatida
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]

additional source: Massin, Claude (look up in IMIS) [details]

new combination reference: Mah, C.L. and D.W. Foltz. (2011). Molecular Phylogeny of the Valvatacea (Asteroidea, Echinodermata). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 161: 769-788., available online at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1096-3642.2010.00659.x/full [details]

Vernacular
Names		 
Language   Name 
Dutch zonnesterren  [details]
English sun stars  [details]
Swedish solsjöstjärnor  [details]
Direct child
taxa
[show all]		 Genus Crossaster Müller & Troschel, 1840
Genus Heterozonias Fisher, 1910
Genus Laetmaster Fisher, 1908
Genus Lophaster Verrill, 1878
Genus Paralophaster Fisher, 1940
Genus Rhipidaster Sladen, 1889
Genus Seriaster Jangoux, 1984
Genus Solaster Forbes, 1839
Genus Xenorias Fisher, 1913

Genus Endeca Gray, 1840 accepted as Solaster Forbes, 1839
Genus Leucaster Koehler, 1912 accepted as Cuenotaster Thiéry in Koehler, 1920
Genus Myoraster Fisher, 1940 accepted as Paralophaster Fisher, 1940
Genus Polyaster Gray, 1840 accepted as Crossaster Müller & Troschel, 1840
Genus Sarkaster Ludwig, 1905 accepted as Lophaster Verrill, 1878
Genus Solaster(Polyaster) Gray, 1840 accepted as Crossaster Müller & Troschel, 1840
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent + fossil
Links To GenBank
To ITIS
Note  Taxonomy: Moved recently to Valvatida by Mah & Foltz (2011) [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:123143
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  Hansson, Hans
2008-01-19 09:31:50Z  changed  Mah, Christopher
2008-01-24 08:20:46Z  changed  Mah, Christopher
2011-10-13 21:23:47Z  changed  Mah, Christopher
  
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  Citation: Mah, C.; Hansson, H. (2013). Solasteridae. 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=123143 on 2013-06-20
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